Dir: Jessica Yu. US. 2023. 99mins
Awkwafina plays a meek young woman whose only happiness comes from watching her favourite game show in director Jessica Yus fitfully amusing new comedy, Quiz Lady. The film sends her and her overbearing older sister (Sandra Oh) on an odd quest to become a contestant on the programme in order to pay off their mothers gambling debts, hashing out their differences along the way. Yet Awkwafina and Oh are too often saddled with sitcom-y scenarios that produce neither laughs nor pathos in this Toronto world premiere.
Fitfully amusing
Quiz Lady launches on Hulu in the US and Disney+ in the UK on November 3, a fitting destination for an undemanding film that doesnt necessarily require the big screen, despi…
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