Quiz Lady 4K 2023 2160p WEB-DL

Two sisters go to great lengths to pay off their mother's gambling debts.

Quiz Lady 4K Review
Ann (Aquafina) loves the "Unbridled Quiz." Every day after work, she takes a comfy seat in front of the TV next to her beloved pug Linguini and excitedly begins answering questions. List all the gods of Olympus? No problem. Name the capitals of South America in alphabetical order? Easy. If Linguini's around, Ann's in the middle of nowhere.

One day the mother of a TV show fan escapes from the nursing home, and to report the incident, the staff calls not only Ann, but also her older sister Jenny (Sandra Oh), who hasn't been to her hometown in years. The mother is soon found in Macau, but Jenny is in no hurry to return to her life - she decides to stay in Pennsylvania and establish a relationship with her sister. But then a terrible thing happens - Anne is found by gangsters, to whom the gambling mother owes a large sum. They demand to pay the debt and take the dog as collateral. The only chance to save Linguini is to win a quiz, but Ann suffers from sociophobia and is terribly afraid to speak in front of the camera. Jenny decides to help her sister and goes straight into the enemy's lair.

"Quiz Lady" is an American comedy by Oscar winner Jessica Yu ("American Horror Story," "Ratched," "The Morning Show," "13 Reasons Why," "This Is Us") and screenwriter Jen D'Angelo ("Specific Killer"). "Quiz Show" premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, and more recently the picture became available to a wide audience on Hulu. First of all, it attracts attention by the cast: Sandra Oh ("Killing Eve"), Aquafina ("Goodbye"), Jason Schwartzman ("Rushmore Academy"), Will Ferrell in the familiar role of a TV host and Paul Reubens, who appeared near the end of the comedy in a cameo.

Before filming began, Jessica Yu, Jen D`Angelo, Sandra Oh and Aquafina would often gather in one room and swap stories about family traditions, share funny incidents from their lives and compare life experiences. Many dialogs and events were added to the script after hours of discussion, and some of it is true. For example, according to Jessica Yu, the sisters' central memory about living with cousins and the hole in the yard wasn't even in the original script - it was Aquafina's personal story.

Parallel to reflecting on the complicated relationship between close relatives, Jessica Yu and Jen D`Angelo attempt to capture several topics at once, including exploring stereotypes about the lives of Asian immigrants in America. But the sweep toward "Gnawing" and "Chinese American" turns out to be a little awkward and unsure. "Do you know how hard life is for a girl of Asian descent in the United States?" - Jenny asks, as if she's about to deliver a general education monologue, but as soon as the people around her start nodding and smiling sympathetically, Jenny shuts up. The intended comic effect, alas, does not occur even after Sandra Oh's character repeats the same question a second and third time.

Jessica Yu's movie loses a little in the comedy scenes, but takes its toll in the melodramatic ones. The most violent event, the kidnapping of a dog, is here turned into an innocent prank. The head of the criminal gang promises Ann to do something terrible to the dog if she doesn't bring the right amount of money, and then sends the heroine videos in which Linguini is bathed in luxury. Luxury food, a soft bed, a personal masseur. "He's trying to make him forget me!" - Ann screams in panic and sets off with her sister and a grouchy neighbor to "rescue" the dog.

"The Quiz Lady" is a kind story about the reunion of long-lost relatives with endearing antagonists, an adorable dog and an absolute happy ending where everyone gets their own paradise in the shalash (or mansion). Fans of sweet finales "Quiz" from November 3 are given in pharmacies without a prescription, the rest of us ask to come back later.