Bao

Watch: Bao

6/15/20188m

Theatrical Release (US)

Overview:

An aging Chinese mother suffering from empty nest syndrome gets another chance at motherhood when one of her dumplings springs to life as a lively, giggly dumpling boy.

Director:

Domee Shi

Status:

Released

Language:

English

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$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

cooking
cartoon
coming of age
chinese
woman director
mother son relationship
dumpling
short film
empty nest
chinese cuisine

Cast

Daniel Kailin

~ as ~

TV Son (voice)

Sindy Lau

~ as ~

Mom (voice)

Sharmaine Yeoh

~ as ~

(voice)

Tim Zhang

~ as ~

Dad (voice)

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 4 month(s) ago
7
I thought there was a little bit of a culinary “Tom Thumb” to this as a couple pining for a child get their wish when one of their freshly steamed dumplings springs to life. It’s a lively, curious and mischievous little wrap that gets itself into all sorts of scrapes as it becomes used to human society. Thing is, though, as it becomes older and more confident, it wants to get friends of it’s own - maybe even get a girlfriend? Just how might how the doting mother cope when she is no longer the only apple in it’s eye? I have to say this is probably the best solution for dealing with recalcitrance I’ve ever seen and the denouement really did make me smile. This animation is really quite charmingly crafted, quickly paced and needs no dialogue to tell it’s story. Good fun.