Alien at the Movies

Love in Taipei

It’s Love in Taipei or How I️ Spent My Summer Vacation. Ever Wong, the daughter of Taiwanese immigrants living in Ohio, was planning to relax before off to college studying premed. However, her parents enrolled her in a summer program in Taiwan to learn Mandarin & about her Chinese culture. Ever is still trying who she is. Once abroad, Ever meets Sophie & her cousin Rick Woo. Rick happens to be Ever’s “wonder boy” crush. It turns out that the students here at Huwei secretly sneak off campus at night for clubbing & partying. Being this is a romantic comedy, it’s easy to sense a love quadrangle setup early on. The film’s telltale hints are so obvious that it’s not hard to predict the plot lines. However, true romantics will just hope the story plays out as they wish. Everything climaxes with a typhoon, but with the calm after the storm, everyone pulls together to clean & pick up the pieces.

Alien gives it 3 “love boat” stars out of 4.