Which movie best reflects your personality? Whether you're a burned out senior exec or trendy business owner, these are the films you should be watching.
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This is you: You hang out in Thonglor and party with the beautiful people but you have 30 insane clients to deal with tomorrow and they all expect greatness from your foggy brain.
What you need: To slow way down and gather your thoughts.
Watch this: About Time. Fittingly, this 2013 romantic comedy drama is about one young man discovering his family’s power to travel through time, and how he tries to use it to win over the woman of his dreams. Along the way, he finds out that even his superpower can’t shield him from the ups and downs of ordinary life.
Don’t just take it from us: “Brilliantly written and well directed by Curtis (this is his third film behind the camera), About Time is just another jewel in his crown as the reigning romantic comedy king.” - Michael A. Smith, MediaMikes
The Burned Out Senior Exec
This is you: Basically, 10 years of being the aforementioned junior exec, and not watching the right movies, and now you’re ready to move to Pai and start buffalo herding.
What you need: Something to remind you that life is beautiful.
Watch this: The Million Dollar Arm, where J.B. Bernstein (Jon Hamm) is a sports agent with a failing career. In a last ditch effort, he flies to India to find cricket players he could make into great Major League baseball stars. On the way, he learns some important lessons about friendship, family and teamwork.
Don’t just take it from us: Scott Foundas of Variety described the film as a “sharp, slickly produced...stirring underdog tale.”
The Moneyed Student
This is you: You’re about to graduate from Chula, ABAC or Thammasat and hesitating between that over-paid job at an oiland-gas company or touring the world on a bicycle (with your parents’ money).
What you need: A movie that explores all those scenarios.
Watch this: American Reunion. In this follow-up to the high-school comedy American Pie, the gang is reunited 13 years later. From deteriorating sex lives to abusive employers, things haven’t quite worked out the way they planned. Somehow, the restorative powers of sex will make it all OK.
Don’t just take it from us: “American Reunion reminds us what we liked about the original.” —Peter Travers of Rolling Stone.
The Trendy Business Owner
This is you: You started a coffee shop, a brunch cafe—in Thonglor, of course—a boutique wine import business or a handcrafted
leather goods shop that only exists on Facebook. At this rate, you’ve calculated you’ll break even by 2035.
What you need: Inspiration and a little pat on the back. It’s all going to be OK.
Watch this: Forrest Gump. Not only will it leave you refreshed and rejuvenated, but this 1994 classic sees the slow-witted Forrest become a millionaire thanks to his shrimp fishing biz. If he can do it, so can you.
Don’t just take it from us: It won the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Visual Effects, and Best Film Editing.
The Freshly Minted Parents
This is you: You have kids now. Which you love. You also no longer have clothes that don’t have puke on them, friends who don’t have kids, the ability to talk about anything but your kids, or the time to sleep.
What you need: Something for your little angels to watch while you doze off.
(Have them) Watch this: Planes: Fire & Rescue. In this sequel to the beloved Planes, Dusty the airplane joins a team of firefighting planes. When a massive wildfire breaks out, he must step up to become a true hero.
Don’t just take it from us: “There are honestly stirring moments and ... soaring 3D visuals.” —Justin Chang of Variety
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