7 out of 7 people found the following review useful:
Uplifting!, 3 August 2002
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Author:
Lester Mak (leekandham) from London, UK
This is one film whose concept you can see coming a mile away, but you
wonder how hasn't it been done before. Mind you, you do feel glad that no
one
else has, because this is one of the funniest films I have seen in a long
time.
Samantha (Carina Lau) is a high-powered executive of the Hong Kong division
of a brassiere manufacturer. In a meeting with directors, she is told of a
surprise
plan to break with condition to hire two men to come up with the design of
the
"Ultimate Bra". In come Johnny (Ching Wan Lau), a men's briefs designer,
and
Wayne (Louis Koo), a serial womaniser, who become the focus of attention in
the firm, as girls flock to them and they learn the secrets of what makes a
good
bra. However, this comes to the dismay of Lena (Gigi Leung), the firm's top
designer, who ensures that they really do get their hands dirty and learn
what it
takes to be a top bra designer.
The story is wonderfully written and very imaginitive. One would
immediately
want to draw comparison to Hollywood's What Women Want, but there are very
few similarities in the gags. The compulsory cross-dressing for the female
experience has to come about, but the way it was done was very amusing and
different to What Women Want, and what added to the humour was that whole
scene was obviously very naturally and spontaneously filmed.
The dialogue was excellent, especially Johnny's. All the characters really
developed well making you relate to them and the whole story isn't very
cheesy.
The script was simply brilliantly thought out, with lots of dilemmas and
problems
thrown in the way of the characters, and it was interesting just to see how
they'd
handle it.
All in all, I have to recommend this film, because it is simply very funny.
Enjoy it!
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