a plot synopsis of this film have be provide by at least one other reviewer and so i will skip that . what be strike and refresh about the film be it refusal to get psychological . i do not think anyone can watch this especially the first 15 minute without wonder where max incredible anger come from . it would have be tempt for the writer or director to include some sort of exposition of his childhood and or or his relationship with his mother and other woman and either a flashback or monologue . instead and what you see be what you get . max be infantile and uncivilized ( a the title implies ) and no bone be make about it . still it tempt to speculate . for example and one wonder if his life become chaotic after the loss of his initial girlfriend the one we get a very good look at in the beginning or if it be always like that . do the absence of unconditional love throw his life into nihilistic disarray and or do he just require a girlfriend to keep his house clean . why do mei ling accept him twice and the second time after he humiliate her horribly . do she see a big teddy bear in there or be she take him on a a project . i see this a a strength of the film . too much psychologizing feel like condescension . here . let me explain every motive the character have because i be sure youre not sharp enough to think about them on your own . this be an excellent and powerful film and which ultimately impart a sense of tenderness and peace without ever become mawkish . after have think about it and and thanks to comment from other viewer and i have a theory about this question . if a buddhist would enter hell in order to save another person from it and mei ling continue to accept max in order to take his place in hell . perhaps the buddhist know that such an act will redeem them both .