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A romantic Chinese New Year comedy about the three Shang brothers. Eldest brother Shang Moon is a philandering...
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(Credited cast)| Leslie Cheung | ... | Shang So | |
| Stephen Chow | ... | Shang Foon | |
| Bak-Ming Wong | ... | Shang Moon | |
| Maggie Cheung | ... | Ho Yok 'Holiyok' | |
| Teresa Mo | ... | Leung Mo-Shang | |
| Sandra Ng Kwan Yue | ... | Ching | |
| Sheila Chan | ... | Sheila | |
| Heung Kam Lee | ... | Grandmother | |
| Hoi-Shan Kwan | ... | Grandfather | |
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| Clifton Ko | ... | Annoyed Karaoke Patron | |
| Vincent Kok | ... | Japanese Businessman | |
| Loletta Lee | ... | Foon's Girl | |
| James Wong | |||
| Kwong Leung Wong | ... | Brother Kwong | |
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All's Well, Ends Well (Hong Kong: English title)
Family Happiness
Ga yau hei si (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
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Family Happiness
Ga yau hei si (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
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Spoofs Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
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the plot is well put by others, so i'll only add some scattered points.
not as many HK films are parodied here, but one that kicks off the string of maggie cheung-stephen chow hilarity, is spoof of a line (at this moment in time...) from DAYS OF BEING WILD leslie cheung used just the year prior.
sandra ng's dowdy housewife-turned classy matron is underrated while holding the film's emotional center. leslie cheung and maggie cheung are more collaborative, subtle farceur-thespians, while stephen chow launches his newly discovered comic genius like a rocket (or new year's firecrackers in this case) every time he so much as twitches a muscle. even the NG segment at the end attests to his phenomenal bank-ability (and tremendous workload) during 1990-2.
the karaoke song chow does at the end is esp. poignant: he manages to spoof grandiose theatrics of stadium-pop singers, himself spoofing pop stars (with a creative butchering of the taiwanese dialect, an improv so colorful as to offer a glimpse into a bright mind convincing everyone of its silliness), and yet even hinge on the song's emotional center & moving pathos.
overall a well-scripted fusion of screwball hijinx and chekhov-esquire family portraits. certainly one of the most fun looks at "the" Chinese family than most other high-minded, art-house attempts. ALL'S WELL ENDS WELL proves pain, tragedy and realism don't always have the most insights into the roles that bind us.