Home Run (回家的路) is a 2008 film starring Fan Bing Bing and Chapman To.
The movie is based in the city of Shanghai during the span of roughly 12 hours. Chapman To plays a single dad. To leaves his son in a daycare center while he goes on a blind date. When To arrives at the site, he mistakes another girl there as his blind date. When the misunderstanding is revealed, both open up more to each other.
Fan plays a TV host of a show called "The Road Home". With ratings at a low point, she slaps together a show starring To's son, who also happens to be Fan's son. But Fan is not suppose to engage in her son's life after she and To divorce 5 years ago.
Fan's character is about looks, perception, and using people to get her way.
The movie was funny in parts and charming while To and the mistaken women interacted. When it shifted to Fan, the tone of the move diverges to mean spirit-ness. You're pulling for Fan to turn the corner.
Not sure what to make of this movie. If it were 30 minutes less, I probably would recommend it. But at over 2 hours, its a chore.
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