Miss Wonton
Closed CaptioningMeng Ong
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Plot Summary
Miss Wonton begins with the arrival of a young Chinese immigrant, Ah Na (Amy Ting), to her new place of work, the Buddha's Happiness in New York. At Buddha's Happiness, she meets other immigrant workers and hears their idiosyncratic dreams of the future. She decides she will do better for herself, and is determined to achieve the American Dream. One day while making a delivery, she stumbles upon an underground world of immigrant women in Grand Central station. This world is called the "Golden Palace". She finds a new friend in Lily - her alter ego. She also meets an American man named, Jack and falls for him. As Ah Na grapples onto the hope of a brighter future, the ghosts of her past soon catch up with her. Will Ah Na achieve her sense of place in the real world or will she be forever lost in the uncertainty of the past?
Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
TOMATOMETER
44%- Reviews Counted: 9
- Fresh: 4
- Rotten: 5
- Average Rating: 4.8/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: Ong chooses to present Ah Na's life as a slight, weightless fairy tale, whose most unpleasant details seem to melt away in the face of the character's blank-faced optimism.
Rotten: The central character isn't complex enough to hold our interest.
Fresh: Call it magic realism or surrealism, but Miss Wonton floats beyond reality with a certain degree of wit and dignity.
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