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Director:
Jing Wong
Release Date:
18 October 2001 (Hong Kong) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance
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Enjoyable rom-com starring Tony Leung and Shu Qi. more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Love Me, Love My Money (Hong Kong: English title)
You qing yin shui bao (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
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Runtime:
99 min
Country:
Hong Kong
Language:
Cantonese
Color:
Color
Certification:
Malaysia:U | Singapore:PG | UK:12

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Enjoyable rom-com starring Tony Leung and Shu Qi., 3 February 2009
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Author: MikeA from Isle of Man, British Isles

Skinflint businessman Richard (Leung) doesn't feel bad when he sacks his employees and secretary to cut unnecessary costs. He also doesn't bat an eyelid when his gold-digging girlfriend leaves after he refuses to give her money. She gets her revenge by cancelling his credit cards and giving away his furniture.

Suddenly destitute, he's forced to rely on the generosity of Choi (Shu Qi - lovely as always), a good Samaritan who helps him out even though she thinks he's a scumbag who makes a habit of cheating women out of money.

When Choi wants him to repay her by pretending to be her boyfriend, to throw off the unwanted advances of her father's choice of husband, Richard starts to see the appeal in stringing women along for money.

If you're watching this purely because it stars Leung and/or Shu Qi, you're not going to be too disappointed. They're a charismatic pair and their chemistry is good, and there are enough genuinely funny scenes to satisfy the 'com' part of the genre. The 'rom' side is handled strictly by the numbers. The leads are backed up in fine fashion by Theresa Mak and Yuk Fei Wong. Anyone who remembers the latter's singing prowess in Shaolin Soccer may be happy to learn he bursts into song in this one, too.

If you have to rely on subtitles (like I do), unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a good version of this flick available. I first watched a Chinese import copy a few years back which was almost indecipherable, and recently 'upgraded' to the Tai Seng version currently on sale in the UK. The subs were better, but disappeared way too fast and were still riddled with bad spelling and grammar. The film also seemed to drop frames, or even whole seconds in places. A shame.

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