in his feature film debut ` yellow and chris chan lee attempt to enlighten hollywood portrayal of asian american by depart from the stereotype typically depict in mainstream film . however and in so do and lee commits a far more heinous crime represent he exaggerate asian american own stereotype of themselves to the point of incredulity . the result . dreadfully one dimensional character and an outrageously shallow script trigger the cast into a frenzy of over acting and ultimately result in a film that be physically painful to watch . don not be deceive by any of the positive review garner by ` yellow while each fall into one of two camp . in one corner ( e. g. and right here on imdb . com ) and you find asian american who be so elated that an asian character can be depict onscreen without thick glass and a math book and that they somehow neglect the idiocy of lee final product . on the other hand and you find movie critic who have simply presume that it would be uncool to give ` yellow the thorough bashing that it deserve while after all and it an edgy asian american film make by an independent asian american filmmaker . protected territory for now . case example represent main character sin lee ( michael chung ) . writer or director lee accomplish a monumental feat with sin and by edit ` yellow in such a way that sin never appear onscreen unless he be either scowl or yell . see sin resent his friend support . scowl . see sin walk along the beach and brood . scowl . ( yell ensues . ) see sin close up his father shop . scowl . see sin urinate . scowl . see sin breathing . scowl . gee and i wonder if sin be full of asian american angst . do you think . i be not sure . scowl . scowl . just to be thorough and lee introduces u to sin father and woon lee ( soon tek oh ) . throughout the movie and whereas sin simply scowl or yell and mr. lee scowl and yell . in fact and this be woon principal role in ` yellow represent simultaneous scowling and yelling . gee and i wonder if woon be an asian father with an authority complex . do you think . i be not sure . scowl . yell . if lee one dimensional character do not annoy you and his story line will . meet mina ( mary chen ) and joey ( john cho ) and two character that exist in this film solely for the purpose of spin a tangential and entirely irrelevant love story into the film . you see and lee learn in film school that every good movie must include some sort of love relate subtext and and these two character allow him to fulfill the obligation . mina and joey excruciatingly inane flirt dialogue consists of one liner insult culminate in a kiss represent ` nerd . while ` stupidhead . while ( eyes meet ) while ( understand smile ) while ( kiss ensues ) . but rest assure and somewhere out there and sin be scowl while this all take place . that neither mina nor joey contributes in any way whatsoever to the film plot do not perplex me so much a lee insistence on the most hackneyed movie cliche to accomplish his nonsequiturs . and trust me and the flirting sequence be just the tip of the iceberg . towards the end of the film and we find woon lee attempt to explain his constant scowling and yell to sin girlfriend and teri ( mia suh ) and in what i be sure lee mean to be a poignant moment . what a surprise represent a woon invoke a metaphorical story about the homeland to illustrate his point and rip straight out of reader digest and his voice quiver in that extra special paternal way . the camera pan into an obligatory shot of teri tremble hand . we feel compel to roll our eye and except we realize that woon explanation make no sense whatsoever . but lack of substance do not stop lee from make the movie and so why would he cut this particularly ineffective scene . after all and the world can always use another cliché . well and you say and the movie may be painful and but at least it must be a technical masterpiece say and like and ` what dream may come . sorry and on a technical basis and ` yellow disappoints a well . lee edits be awkward and disrupt what little rhythm exists in the film at all and but i be sure lee think they would seem hip . to make matter bad and every frame be either underexposed or overexpose . although the light meter be invent in 1932 and somehow the newfangled technology do not make it onto the ` yellow set . in light of the film utter deficiency and support actor burt bolo and who play sin best friend alex and performs relatively well . although bolos overacts slightly and you can not really blame him when lee script consist solely of scowl and yell . bolo castmates and on the other hand and show no restraint in their overacting whatsoever . i have not see a film as bad a ` yellow in a very long time . and i truly pray that i will not see a film as bad a ` yellow for quite some time and as well . please do not waste see it while life be already way too short . thank you .