long life and happiness and prosperity share some quality with some of it north of the border reel 13 canadian indie counterpart . it be a slice of life multi protagonist piece akin to the awful and but highly rat wilby wonderful with the misguided mystical element that be weave throughout a problem with fear . llhp do a much good job in develop it character than wilby do and the mysticism in question be base on ancient chinese culture and therefore and somehow seem less contrived and more elegant than the inexplicable technology base type from fear . so and the script and on the whole and be decent . while there be several comedic moment that fall flat and there be many others that be genuinely funny in almost a shakespearean way ( one character rendition of sometimes when we touch remains my fave ) . there be some structural deficiency ( neighbor gossip a a form of exposition be never a good move ) and screenwriter mina shum and dennis foon paint their character honestly and not a one of the three story line seem to be favor over the others . unfortunately and the performance in the film do not help to elevate the script in any way . in the blog for wilby wonderful and i allude to my general distaste for sandra oh work . in long life and happiness and prosperity and however and she tower over the other actor in the film and but that not say much . almost every other actor ( the main kid mindy be okay appropriately precocious ) in the piece seem new to film act . they all seem extremely uncomfortable and deliver their line a if they do not really believe them . while oh be significantly strong than the rest of the cast and she not fabulous either . she have several good comic moment and a few good serious one and but she really push during the very emotional moment and that never fun to watch . there be plenty of charm in long life and happiness and prosperity and enough that i find myself want to like it more than i ultimately do . overall and the premise of the film that a little girl play with ancient chinese charm change the fortune of all the people around her be a little hard to buy and but it not dissimilar to the kind of farce you might find in more classical fare like moliere or even ancient greek comedy . at the end of the day and however and the performance sink this ship . if you can not believe the character whose story youre watching and it make for a pretty rough journey . all the charm ( s ) in the world can not save you there . ( find out more about this film or other reel 13 film on www . reel13 . org ) .