Goo naam gwa neui (2000)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Directors:

Johnnie To
Ka-Fai Wai

Writers:

Cindy Tang (story)
Ka-Fai Wai (written by) ...

Release Date:

22 June 2000 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Romance | Comedy

Plot:

Wah and Kinki both working at the same department of a computer company. Both of them are not getting on very well initially...

Plot Keywords:

Female To Male Foot In Crotch | Footsie Under The Table | Female To Male Footsie Playing

Awards:

1 win & 6 nominations

Cast

Andy Lau	...	Andy Cheung / The Cupid Express
Sammi Cheng	...	Kinki Kwok
Fiona Leung	...	Fiona Yu
Ho-Yin Wong	...	Roger Young (as Raymond Wong)
Shiu Hung Hui	...	Ronald (as Hui Siu Hung)
Florence Kwok	...	Kitty
Suet Lam	...	Martin (as Lam Suet)
Kenny Kung
Sylvia Lai	...	Roger's Mother
Gabriel Harrison	...	Dan (as Hoi Chun Kit)
Andy Tse	...	Mr. Ko
Fu May
Englie Kwok
Vanessa Chu	...	Kinki's Sister
Terence Lam

Also Known As:

Gu nan gua nu (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Needing You... (International: English title)
Orphaned Male Widow (Hong Kong: English title) (literal title)

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese | English | Mandarin | Indonesian | American Sign Language

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Hong Kong:IIA | South Korea:15 | Australia:G

Company:

China Star Entertainment

Trivia:

The scene in which Andy Cheung hops on a black motorcycle contains a musical score by Lowell Lo, which is used in the films A Lang de gu shi (1989) (All About Ah Long) and Cheng shi te jing (1988) (The Big Heat). Both films were also directed by Johnnie To.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Tian ruo you qing (1990)

Soundtrack:

GAN QING XIAN SANG

Yet another whiny Sammi Cheng role

Hong Kong seems to love Sammi Cheng in whiny, helpless roles, as evident by her slew of Hong Kong Film Awards acting nominations - for this movie, Love on a Diet (both with Andy Lau), and Fighting for Love (with Tony Leung). While I looked past her annoying character in Love on a Diet because I found its weight-loss theme inspirational, both this movie and Fighting for Love - typical romantic comedies - are merely tolerable, good for a couple of chuckles. Though I understand Sammi's acting range isn't that wide, it's a pity that the Queen of Cantopop is perpetually relegated to such grating cheeseball roles. 6/10