Many can relate to this story of a mother who's sacrificed everything or lived a hard life her whole life and a daughter who feels like she hasn't lived up to her mother's expectations or hasn't done enough to lift her family up. What if you could meet your mother before you were even born?
Knowing the background of this movie due to my mother who made me watch this movie with her, I think this movie would've been weaker without that information on the two lead actresses. They both struggled to break into the big screen, but toiled together for several years until their big break came in the form of this movie. At times, the plot of Hi, Mom was a bit predictable (you see similar tropes when characters travel back in time), but once you accept that it's less plot-driven so much as driven by the main characters' interactions with each other, you can appreciate that Ling Jia directed, wrote and acted in this movie dedicated to her mother. I definitely shed some tears at the end and would recommend this to anyone who doesn't mind a bit of a sentimental movie.
Knowing the background of this movie due to my mother who made me watch this movie with her, I think this movie would've been weaker without that information on the two lead actresses. They both struggled to break into the big screen, but toiled together for several years until their big break came in the form of this movie. At times, the plot of Hi, Mom was a bit predictable (you see similar tropes when characters travel back in time), but once you accept that it's less plot-driven so much as driven by the main characters' interactions with each other, you can appreciate that Ling Jia directed, wrote and acted in this movie dedicated to her mother. I definitely shed some tears at the end and would recommend this to anyone who doesn't mind a bit of a sentimental movie.