

Starring Jerry as Himself
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.
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- Language
- English
- china
- undercover
- spy
- blackmail
- family
- secret police
- lies
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United StatesUS
- PremiereSlamdance Film Festival21 Jan 2023
- TheatricalNR6 Nov 2024
- Digital / OTTNR8 Nov 2024
IsraelIL
- Digital / OTTYes VOD24 Nov 2024
South KoreaKR
- Theatrical1513 Nov 2024
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Starring Jerry as Himself was released on 6 November 2024.
Audience reviews
1- B5/10
Brent Marchant
3/19/2025
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” ab…
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