Before it veers off course, The Rooftop is lively, funny and colorful... Too bad Chou decided to shoehorn the gangster genre into a movie that would have worked just fine as a mere comedy-romance-fantasy musical.
The Rooftop(天台)
Taiwan, China, Hong Kong · 2013
2h 0m
Director Jay Chou
Starring Jay Chou, Alan Kuo, Li Xinai, Kai-wei Chiu
Genre Comedy, Action, Drama
Add to Watchlist
Please login to add films to your watchlist.
Taiwanese pop sensation Jay Chou, drawing on his years as an actor, director, and recording star, creates a fantasy playground of music, moves, and magic as a backdrop to an action comedy which pays homage to the wondrous musicals of the past, while exploding to life with today’s sound and spirit.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
The New York Times by Daniel M. Gold
The Rooftop is frenzied, funny and knowing, drenched in lavish, often surreal, imagery.
Like a school pageant with a Broadway-sized budget, this noisy production is a pileup of extravagant dance numbers, candy-colored sets and vintage props that, sans the requisite heart or hip factor, soon overstays its welcome.
Los Angeles Times by Robert Abele
The Rooftop is a bullet train to bananasville, its tonal eccentricities sure to wear out even the most dedicated connoisseur of silly cinema.
Users who liked this film also liked
Love Actually
The ultimate romantic comedy.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States, France • 2003
- Director Richard Curtis
- Cast Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Lúcia Moniz, Laura Linney, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson
- Genre Comedy, Romance, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Infernal Affairs II
(無間道II)
The Birth of a Legend
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong, Singapore, China • 2003
- Director Andrew Lau, Alan Mak
- Cast Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang, Carina Lau, Francis Ng, Edison Chen, Shawn Yue
- Genre Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Blue Gate Crossing
(藍色大門)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, France • 2002
- Director Yee Chin-Yen
- Cast Gwei Lun-mei, Chen Bolin, Liang Yolin, Chau Ching, Ming Gin-Cheng, Lin Hsien-Neng
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Intouchables
(Intouchables)
In some friendships, opposites repel before they attract.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2011
- Director Olivier Nakache
- Cast François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Audrey Fleurot, Anne Le Ny, Clotilde Mollet, Alba Gaïa Bellugi
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
The Viral Factor
(逆戰)
- ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong, China • 2012
- Director Dante Lam
- Cast Jay Chou, Nicholas Tse, Andy On, Bai Bing, Liu Kai-Chi, Elaine Jin
- Genre Action, Drama, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame in the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2019
- Director Quentin Tarantino
- Cast Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Margaret Qualley, Timothy Olyphant
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Hulu, fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FXNow
Parasite
(기생충)
A poor family lies and schemes their way into the employ of a wealthy household — successfully, but with great consequences.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2019
- Director Bong Joon-ho
- Cast Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Chang Hyae-jin
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand