Well, the synopsis for "Shou Yi Ren" (aka "My Dear Liar") sounded interesting, and with it being an Asian movie that I hadn't already seen, of course I had to sit down and watch it.
Writer and director Ao Shen failed to concoct a script and storyline that fell into my liking here. I have to admit that I didn't really grasp the concept of the script as it unfolded on the screen. It felt random, cluttered and just lacking a cohesive and comprehendible red thread throughout the course of the nearly two hours that it ran for. And the fact that the character gallery was rather one-dimensional didn't really help to sell the movie either.
I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in "Shou Yi Ren", but I have to say that I wasn't overly impressed. Not because the acting performances were bad, but because the character gallery had about as much appeal as watching grass grow. Writer Ao Shen really dropped the ball here, and the Yue Miaomiao (played by Yan Liu) character was seriously one of the most dislikable characters I have seen on the screen in a long, long time.
"Shou Yi Ren" was not a movie that entertained me, and this is definitely not a movie that I would recommend to fans of the Asian cinema to waste 118 minutes on watching. Some of us suffered through this, so you don't have to. You're welcome.
My rating of "Shou Yi Ren" lands on a generous two out of ten stars, given the production value.