Product Details

• Actors: John Cho
• Directors: Justin Lin, Quentin Lee
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: pathfinder Home Ent
• DVD Release Date: October 6, 2009
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002JT6AL8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #303,753 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Shopping for Fangs" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Pathfinder Home Ent Release Date: 10/06/2009

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars shopping for fangs, September 9, 2001

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xavier dawkins (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

I just saw this film and loved it. Granted, it's obviously low budget but I felt the filmmakers did a great job of playing and stretching with what they had. It's rare to see a film where it's playing with the film medium, trying to say something substantial. Even though I'm not Asian American, I can still really relate to the issues of alienation and identity. I'd definitely take films like this over Hollywood or pretentious indie films any day.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cubicle drone becomes a lycanthrope, February 17, 2003

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Baatar "nagatz" (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shopping for Fangs [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I don't think it's fair to compare to a first feature film to accomplished director like Kar-Wai Wong who directs an award winning cast. It's an early film by emerging directors and it weaves a narrative thread akin to another young filmmaker Shinobu Yaguchi's films "Down the Drain" and "Adrenaline Drive." In these characters fall into a bizzare series of events driven by coincidence that test thier moral fiber.

In "Fangs" we add a layer of supernatural--but more accurately a magical realism with So Cal flavor. But the film isn't about the lycanthropy or ganster edge so much as the daily struggles of working in a cubicle and surviving an undesirable marriage. This film was a perfect escape from my cubicle and it doesn't matter if you're gay, straight, Asian or Latin, we all want to escape the cubicle.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not To Be Missed, September 13, 2001

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ryan murphy (Lincoln, Nebraska) - See all my reviews

Sick of the humdrum world of Blockbuster entertainment, I stumbled across this rare gem on the recomendation of a friend. It was refreshing to discover a new, dynamic voice in the increasingly monotonous landscape of american cinema.
On what is obviously a modest budget, the filmmakers were able to tell an engaging and hip story, peopled with well-drawn, unconventional characters. There was dark subject matter, but it was off-set with just the right amount of macabre humor.
I'd recommend this film to anyone. Looking forward to more from Quentin and Justin.