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Year: |
2000 |
Christy Chung |
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Director: |
Chu
Yui-Bun |
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Producer: |
Manfred
Wong |
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Writer: |
Manfred
Wong |
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Cast: |
Stephen
Fung Tak-Lun, Christy
Chung Lai-Tai, Natalie
Ng Man-Yan, Cheung Yi-Tung, Yuen Wai-Ho, Tsui Ka-Ho |
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The
Skinny: |
A
coming-of-age movie that adds nothing new or noteworthy to
the genre. Great for fans of Christy Chung, who I assume are
quite numerous. |
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Review
by Kozo: |
A pseudo-UFO production, this coming of age drama has some
marvelous little moments, but on the whole it really does
nothing new and worse, ends up with nothing to say.
Stephen
Fung is Stephen Lee, an aimless high school graduate who manages
to enter one of HK’s universities and promptly becomes enamored
of his French literature teacher Sophia (Christy Chung). If
that weren’t enough, he’s saddled with his “puppy love” girlfriend
(Cheung Yi-Ting), who loves him but is so reserved that she
practically has a padlock on her undergarments. Then there’s
Amy (interesting newcomer Natalie Ng Man-Yan), a chatty classmate
who keeps Stephen busy in the horizontal sense. In an effort
to train his sensitivity, Stephen joins a club that delights
in the promiscuous exploits of its members. And his relationship
with his parents is strange as all hell.
Yep, this is definitely a coming-of-age
movie, so you wait, wait, wait, and wait some more for Stephen
to bag Sophia and learn the life lessons that John Tang learned
in those amusing “Banana Ripening” movies from UFO. Keep waiting.
Stephen does end up reaching conclusions with all his chosen
women, but I really don’t think he learned anything at all.
I sure as hell learned nothing, and neither did anyone in
the movie.
Occasionally, there are some familiar
truths to what happens to the characters, but they’re anchored
by nothing other than Stephen Fung’s sheepish grin. At the
very least, the performers and production are attractive.
HK uber-babe Christy Chung is always welcome on the screen,
and the various newcomers have their moments. Still, I’d rather
rewatch all those “Banana Ripening” movies. (Kozo 2000) |
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Availability: |
DVD
(Hong Kong)
Region 0 NTSC
Deltamac
Widescreen
Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks
Removable English and Chinese Subtitles |
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