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He
and She
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Year: |
1994 |
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Director: |
Lawrence
Cheng Tan-Shui |
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Cast: |
Tony
Leung Ka-Fai, Anita Yuen
Wing-Yee, Lawrence Cheng
Tan-Shui, Christine Ng
Wing-Mei, Law Kar-Ying,
Annabelle
Lau Hiu-Tung,
Sheila Chan Suk-Lan, Alex
Fong Chung-Sun,
Michael Lam Wai-Leung |
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The
Skinny: |
Cheery
romantic comedy/drama that's submarined due to its patronizing depiction
of homosexuals. Ekin Cheng sings the main theme. Whoopee. |
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Review
by Kozo: |
Once again, Hong Kong shows a sensitive (not) attitude towards homosexuality.
Get this premise: Tony Leung Ka-Fai stars as a flaming gay man who
became gay because his prom date cheated on him while wearing the
dress he made for her (!?!). He helps the spritely Anita Yuen through
her single motherhood when the married bastard who knocked her up
(director Lawrence Cheng) takes off. Tony and Anita share the burden
of parenthood, and despite all those pesky life issues (love, money,
etc.) all is well and good. Then one day Tony starts reacting sexually
to Anita and he finds himself falling in love with her. Then the
real father returns, setting up a problem: who does she choose?
A real puzzler.
Both of the leads are fine and it’s all
romantic and charming in a hackneyed sort of way. However, truly
liking this film is a near impossibly thanks to terrible sexual
politics and an overdone courtroom ending. In all truth, this is
an embarrassing motion picture that is supposedly sensitive towards
homosexuals when in fact it most definitely is not. Too many Hong
Kong films insist on depicting gays as people who need to be "straightened"
out by the right girl/guy. This one is no different; in fact, the
very storyline hinges on that conceit. All I can say is: uh...yeah.
(Kozo 1996) |
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Availability: |
DVD (Hong
Kong)
Region 0 NTSC
Ocean Shores
Widescreen
Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks
English and Chinese subtitles |
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