Wait 'Til You're Older (2005)
"Tung mung kei yun" (original title)

A troubled boy who seeks escape becomes a man through a miraculous growth formula but encounters a new troubles when the formula won't quit.

Director:

Teddy Chan

Writers:

Susan Chan, Chi Kwong Cheung

Stars:

Andy Lau, Karen Mok, Felix Wong

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Andy Lau	...	Kwong
Karen Mok	...	Tsui Man
Felix Wong	...	Chan Man
Cherrie Ying	...	Miss Lee (as Cherrie In)
Ka Tung Lam	...	Vice Principal (as Lam Ka Tung)
Howard Sit	...	Kwong - Kid
Chim Pui Ho	...	Bear
Jacky Wong	...	Billy
Xiaogang Feng	...	The Drifter
Bingbing Li	...	Kwong's Mum (as Li Bingbing)
Chapman To	...	Policeman
Kristal Tin	...	Policewoman
Nicola Cheung	...	Miss Wong
So Kwok Ho	...	Basketball Team Captain
Wong Tsz Chun	...	Basketball Team Member

Storyline

Kwong is a young boy coping with a difficult family life. His mother committed suicide when she discovered that her husband, Chan, was having an affair. Since her death, Chan has married his mistress, Tsui, whom Kwong understandably hates. He wishes that he could become an adult so he wouldn't have to do what she says anymore - and, as luck would have it, Kwong has a run-in with a strange drifter in the park who has developed a magical growth formula. Kwong steals it, which soon causes him to begin aging very rapidly. Now as an adult, Kwong can do anything he wants - like stay out late, get drunk or even flirt with his sexy teacher, Miss Lee - but he doesn't stop growing, and within a couple of days Kwong is to become an old man.

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Plot Keywords:

suicide | park | teacher | mistress | flashback | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [hk]

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese Mandarin

Release Date:

29 September 2005 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Wait 'Til You're Older

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company Credits

Production Co:

Media Asia Films, Sil-Metropole Organisation, Sum Wood Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Miss Lee: Why don't you greet your teacher? You've been absent for days.
Kwong - Kid: I was sick.
Miss Lee: Lucky you. You get ill whenever you like.

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Soundtracks

"Ha Chi Bat Gam"
Performed by Andy Lau

User Reviews

Another intelligent allegory from Andy Lau

I was expecting this to be a lightweight comedy but was pleasantly surprised by the subtext of this movie, which used the themes of maturation and family to address larger issues of Hong Kong's modernization and its relationship with Mainland China and the West.

In this respect, "Wait Till You're Older" resembles "Infernal Affairs," another film that uses a standard narrative to hint at larger issues. It is not quite at the same level of sophistication in either plot or metaphor, but it is a much deeper movie than one might be led to believe.

I don't think that I have to spell out the two sets of relationships here. They become quite obvious to the viewer with a little reflection.