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Mildly Intriguing Asian fantasy thriller, 4 July 2005

Author: LARSONRD from SanJose, California

Intriguing fantasy thriller about a gorgeous young woman who lives in a remote forest (the girl is played by Napakpapha Nakprasitte – wow) who gets into a relationship with a married guy – unfortunately she has as her protector this vicious cobra who hunts down anybody who has the hots for her. The story has an effective backstory about the woman's childhood and, without ever saying so, seems to intimate that the snake is her protective mother. Anyway – the film is actually more of a romantic drama than a horror picture, with only a few moments of snake-suspense, but it's well made and quite visually compelling, although some of the snake scenes are too obviously CGI.

Undeniably sexy and but unquestionably hollow, 18 January 2003

Author: Pedro-37 from Switzerland

"Mae bia" (aka. "The Snake Lady") is another of those Thai mixtures of exotic jungles, murderous CGI-animals and steamy love scenes. Thai film makers are good at that - but "Mae bia" is not good. It's slow, the ending is disappointing and the story about overly protective snakes as and adultery doesn't have much substance. Also, it's badly edited. So where are the reasons to watch it? They are purely visual ...

First, there's the jungle, the river, the village. It's just nicely captured and contrasted to the skyscrapers in Bangkok. Second, there's the lead couple. Napakpapha "Mamee" Nakprasitte (Makala) is a beauty and her eyes are seductive. She makes a sexy couple with Puthichai Amatayakul (Chanachol) who has an adorable physique and a sweet face. Pity he can barely act and has a stupid grin on his face for the first half of the movie.

So there's Nakprasitte for the boys and Amatayakul for the girls - but that's it. Yeah, I know, that's a weak commendation. But it's really to only thing "Mae bia" has going for it ... Rating

3/10

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