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Tom,
Dick and Hairy |
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Year: |
1993 |
Lawrence Cheng and the two Tony Leungs |
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Director: |
Peter
Chan Ho-Sun, Lee
Chi-Ngai |
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Producer: |
Gordon
Chan Car-Seung, Claudie Chung Chun |
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Writer: |
James
Yuen Sai-Sang, Lee
Chi-Ngai, Chan
Hing-Kai |
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Cast: |
Tony
Leung Chiu-Wai, Tony
Leung Ka-Fai, Lawrence
Cheng Tan-Shui, Ann
Bridgewater (Park On-Ney), Anita
Yuen Wing-Yee, Athena
Chu Yun, Lau Kam-Ling,
Michael Chow Man-Kin,
Vivian Chow Wai-Man
(cameo) |
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The
Skinny: |
Myriad
"guy issues" populate this overstuffed UFO entry
that's quite fun and entertaining despite all the exposition.
If you see this for the stars and the buoyant energy, you
won't be disappointed. |
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Review
by Kozo: |
The United Filmmakers Organization brought us this comedy
about three bachelors who share an apartment and an assortment
of nineties guy troubles. Peter Chan and Lee Chi-Ngai take
their usual assortment of UFO actors and give us an enjoyable
and overstuffed little movie.
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai is Tom, a nice
guy who’s engaged to a high-maintenance woman named Joyce.
He's stuck in a go-nowhere job and one night he takes home
a club girl named Cat (Ann Bridgewater) and sleeps with her.
His roommate Dick (Tony Leung Ka-Fai) is an aging lothario
who can’t realize what he wants and plays the field incessantly.
Though he appears to be a decent, caring guy, he uses his
long-suffering girlfriend Fong (Anita Yuen) as insurance every
night, guaranteeing that he has someone to sleep with. Lawrence
Cheng is Giorgio (Hairy is just a name to complete the pun
in the title), a fey shy guy who can’t meet women and has
a Vivian Chow fixation. He engages in a dating service and
ends up with a guy named Michelle (Michael Chow). Finally,
Athena Chu is Tom’s younger sister, who has a crush on Dick.
The result of all these intricate
relationships and character descriptions is actually a pretty
good relationship comedy with some terrific stars in the leads.
The story itself is woven together pretty well, and the characters
are engaging. As this is a "guy's story," some of
their attitudes and relationships could strain likeability,
but the writers manage to portray the commitment phobias and
guy-issues as possibly damaging. This isn't a win-win comedy
where everybody comes out happy, and even the happy endings
seem to have caveats.
As this is a UFO production, we get
the usual doses of wordy self-examination and verbalized epiphany.
However, we also get wacky musical numbers and an energetic
spirit that's quite fun. It's questionable what weight the
nineties guy issues actually carries, but that uncertainty
doesn't stop this movie from being as entertaining as they
come. (Kozo 1996) |
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Availability: |
DVD
(Hong Kong)
Region 0 NTSC
Mei Ah Laser
Widescreen (Cropped from 1.85:1 to 1.66:1)
Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks
English and Chinese Subtitles |
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