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Starring Jerry as Himself (2024)

06/11/2024 (US)Documentary, Thriller, Drama, Crime1h 15m
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Overview

Jerry, an ordinary immigrant dad, retired in Orlando, is recruited to be an undercover agent for the Chinese police. Jerry’s family recreates the events on film and his three sons discover a darker truth. True crime meets spy thriller in this genre-bending docufiction hybrid about an immigrant’s search for the American dream. A Slamdance Film Festival Grand Jury and Audience Award winner.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Jerry C. Hsu

      Jerry

    2. Kathy Hsu

      Kathy

    3. Jon Hsu

      Jon

    4. Jesse Hsu

      Jesse

    5. Joshua Hsu

      Joshua

    6. Haosong Yang

      Officer Zhang

    7. Fang Du

      Inspector Ou

    8. Nick Bailey

      Nick Bailey

      Matt Johnson

    9. Yoni Lotan

      Yoni Lotan

      Dr. Rastogi

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    A review by Brent Marchant

    5.0
    Written by Brent Marchant on Mar 19, 2025

    I’m all one for experimental cinema, but, in the end, the experiment has to work. Unfortunately, however, that’s where this debut feature from writer-director Law Chen (primarily the creator of film shorts and music videos) sorely misses the mark. Based on a true story whose very soundness is somewhat called into question (as demonstrably observed in the picture’s opening credits), this “fictionalized documentary” about retiree Jerry Liu (portrayed here by his real-life counterpart, amateur actor-writer Jerry Hsu) tells the story of how this hard-working but naïve Chinese immigrant living in O...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

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    Keywords

    • china
    • undercover
    • spy
    • blackmail
    • family
    • secret police
    • lies