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All's Well, Ends Well More at IMDbPro »Jia you xi shi (original title)
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9 out of 11 people found the following review useful:
Good spoofing & many laughs, 2 February 2004
Author:
Pro Jury
A large extended family lives in a large up-scale estate. The three adult
brothers of the house each have a clear and unique personality. The gay
brother is very gay. The oldest brother is very successful, but is a
sleazy
wife cheater. And the younger brother is an unattached, carefree
playboy.
The female characters are also clearly potrayed... The housewife is so
geeky
looking, everything she does is funny to watch. Her husband's classy
mistress is very high maintenance. The lesbian cousin is very... well,
manly. The unmarried brother's main girlfriend is crazy about
movies.
"ALL'S WELL ENDS WELL" smartly spoofs the movie GHOST, and also spends
some
time poking fun at PRETTY WOMAN, THE TERMINATOR, and even
MISERY.
The plot twists and turns with more skill than most Hong Kong comedies
ever
muster. Also, some of the romantic ploys seen in the movie are fun and
clever.
Although there are fewer laughs in the last 30 minutes, ALL'S WELL, ENDS
WELL is a fun view -- specially for those who enjoy spoof
movies.
A sometimes very sharp-humored comedy (contains spoilers?), 23 November 2003
Author:
zoe_smith from Hong Kong
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
Yet another film (very close to Cheung's 'Double Happiness' film) in which
a
dysfunctional family goes through their paces (generally on the romantic
relationship side) until they reach a 'harmonious' ending.
This one, however, has much sharper humour in my opinion. Cheung plays a
stereotypical gay character who is at war with his hard-nosed sister. His
role is not the strongest in the film, though. Better merits go to the
other characters. I found the film-theme imitation driven romance of one
of
Cheung's brothers to be on a par with the humor of those 80's spoof films
such as 'Airplane' etc. I had some fair amount of laughs at this spiel and
can recommend it to pass away a cloudy day.
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