Meditation Park is Mina Shum's newest film. Here, she reunites with Double Happiness' Sandra Oh. (Double Happiness is also a great film!) Meditation Park stars Cheng Pei-Pei as dutiful, shy, immigrant housewife/grandmother, Maria, who starts to come out of her shell and enjoy life when she suspects her husband is having an affair. Pei-Pei shines here in this comedic and compelling role. In fact, the entire case is so great! Alannah Ong, Lilliam Lim, and Sharmain Yeoh play the hilarious group of ladies who befriend Maria and teach her how to sell illegal parking spots around their Vancouver neighbourhood. Don McKellar absolutely delights me every single time, so I was very happy to have him show up here in as Gabriel, a fragile neighbour who also befriends Maria. Veteran Hong Kong star Tzi Ma is great as Maria's stern husband, Bing, and Sandra Oh plays her daughter Ava. This is a really lovely little film that is both funny and heartfelt. 5/5 |