Fractured Follies
Joe Leung: Chow Yun-Fat
May: Joey Wong
Scarlet: Nina Li Chi
IMDb link: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0094852
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Version reviewed: DVD
Ratings:
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DVD Audio: 9 of 10
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DVD Video: 8 of 10
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Subtitles: 8 of 10
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Story: 8 of 10
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Performances: 8 of 10
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CYF: 8 of 10
A sweet low-brow comedy/romance about two lonely people who meet by
accident - traffic accident, that is - from 1988.
Joey Wong plays May, a girl who was born with one leg an inch shorter than the
other and thus walks with a slight limp. One day while she and her family are
sprucing up the dumpy supermarket they just bought, May is involved in an
accident with a runaway taxi driven by Joe (Chow Yun-Fat, sporting the
Bill Gates look), further injuring her affected leg. Joe's insurance had
expired two days before, so he ends up being a sort of indentured servant to
May's family to repay her medical costs and to assuage his guilt over having
crippled her for life (or so he thinks, and May doesn't disabuse him of the
notion).
Nina Li Chi plays Scarlet, May's hot-to-trot cousin who has her sights set on the
nerdy Joe. Joe falls for May, and Joe's brother Sea falls for Scarlet and... well,
you get the idea.
There are some really funny moments in this film - not only does Chow Yun-Fat
dress up as Nina Li Chi at one point, but we also get to see him in pineapple
drag talking about fresh fruits.
The romance between Joe and May is sweet and has some awfully cute
moments... right up to the point where Joe blushingly admits he's a virgin to
May and asks her to take it easy on him on their wedding night.
So it's not Voltaire, okay... there are jokes about piles, flashers in public toilets,
Nina Li Chi pouting because she's horny and has already killed three husbands
by wearing them out in bed. Still, this is great fun, Chow Yun-Fat as a nerd
complete with thick glasses does a great job of some silly physical comedy and
Joey Wong is just the prettiest thing you've ever seen.
The scene where Buddha tells Joe about dating girls in Heaven ("they're very
open-minded these days") is a hoot.
Lots of fun. Put your brain in neutral and give it a watch. Plus you get to
see Nina Li Chi poured into red knit dresses, and there are numerous shots
of Chow Yun-Fat waggling his butt. Life can be sweet. =)
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