Review | Till We Meet Again movie review: Taiwanese fantasy romance is director Giddens Ko’s best since You Are the Apple of My Eye
- Kai Ko, Gingle Wang and Vivian Sung star in this story of a young slacker who dies in an accident and must earn credit in the afterlife to be reincarnated
- By turns funny, scary, tragic and achingly romantic, the film is as entertaining and accessible for international audiences as for director Ko’s devoted fans
4/5 stars
In Giddens Ko Ching-teng’s version of the afterlife, reincarnation isn’t just real, it’s an efficient way to avoid overcrowding in the underworld. But the recently deceased must have earned sufficient goodwill points on Earth to secure their return to the real world, or so it goes in Till We Meet Again, the latest genre-bending offering from the Taiwanese author turned filmmaker.
Lacking the necessary credit to be reincarnated as anything more appealing than a snail, Alan grudgingly signs up to become a trainee love god, alongside Gingle Wang Ching’s similarly dissatisfied high-school girl, Pinky.
Should the mismatched couple bring enough fated lovers together, using magical red string conjured from their fingertips, then they will be reincarnated. Complications arise, however, when Alan’s next target is revealed to be his own heartbroken girlfriend, Mi (Vivian Sung Yun-hua).