I had the opportunity to sit down in 2022 and watch the 2003 romantic comedy "Hang Wan Chiu Yan" (aka "My Lucky Star") for the second time. I remember watching this movie around the mid-2000s, but I honestly couldn't recall the story. So as I had the opportunity to watch it again, of course I did so.
And while "Hang Wan Chiu Yan" definitely is watchable, it was also at the same time a rather generic romantic comedy that pretty much followed the How-To-Make-A-Romantic-Comedy-For-Dummies book by the letter. So writers Vincent Kok and Patrick Kong didn't really put together anything outstanding here.
Even with an impressive cast ensemble that had Tony Chiu-Wai Leung and Miriam Chin Wah Yeung in the leading roles, and supporting roles from the likes of Ronald Cheng, Chapman To, Alex Fong and Josie Ho, then the movie was suffering and behind restrained by a mediocre storyline and script.
Sure, "Hang Wan Chiu Yan" is watchable, but it is one of those many, many, many romantic comedies that flooded the Hong Kong cinema in the early 2000s. But hey, if that is your go-to genre of movies, then by all means you should give "Hang Wan Chiu Yan" a chance.
In my honest opinion, then there are far better and more enjoyable romantic comedies from the Hong Kong cinema from that same era.
My rating of director Vincent Kok's 2003 "Hang Wan Chiu Yan" movie lands on a mediocre five out of ten stars.
And while "Hang Wan Chiu Yan" definitely is watchable, it was also at the same time a rather generic romantic comedy that pretty much followed the How-To-Make-A-Romantic-Comedy-For-Dummies book by the letter. So writers Vincent Kok and Patrick Kong didn't really put together anything outstanding here.
Even with an impressive cast ensemble that had Tony Chiu-Wai Leung and Miriam Chin Wah Yeung in the leading roles, and supporting roles from the likes of Ronald Cheng, Chapman To, Alex Fong and Josie Ho, then the movie was suffering and behind restrained by a mediocre storyline and script.
Sure, "Hang Wan Chiu Yan" is watchable, but it is one of those many, many, many romantic comedies that flooded the Hong Kong cinema in the early 2000s. But hey, if that is your go-to genre of movies, then by all means you should give "Hang Wan Chiu Yan" a chance.
In my honest opinion, then there are far better and more enjoyable romantic comedies from the Hong Kong cinema from that same era.
My rating of director Vincent Kok's 2003 "Hang Wan Chiu Yan" movie lands on a mediocre five out of ten stars.