Hsiao’s film style shows a sensibility toward Taiwan and Taipei through his images. He has captured the carefree life rhythm and the light-hearted life philosophy of the younger generation.
TAIPEI TIMES

Characters are deftly written and played…engagingly modest
TIME OUT

Absorbing reflection on destiny and inheritance, fate and chance…the concise, wispy drama has more breadth than its principal setting within the hermetic confines of a pawnshop would suggest….Unfolding in short, spare scenes to the meandering rhythms of Hou Chih-chieh’s lazy, jazzy score and punctuated by palmistry and zodiac symbols identifying character traits, the drama is stimulating…Hsiao and his cast inject a fresh, relaxed appeal.
VARIETY