| Tsui Hark depicts the struggles between the workers and the employers rather simplistically (work together is the complex moral of the story here) but at a time where Tsui was on a creative roll, Working Class expectedly succeeds as a pleasant product of the era that simply wouldn't have worked as well today. The social commentary on display never goes mature places as such and relies more on wacky comedy but truth of the matter is that most of what we see is very amusing. The acting team of Sam Hui, Teddy Robin and Tsui Hark himself bounce well off each other and Working Class becomes a genuine harmless time. It doesn't attempt to be polished but really doesn't have to. Too bad it's somewhat hidden away in Tsui Hark's filmography. Joey Wong, Kwan Hoi-San, Ng Man Tat, Shum Wai, Bolo Yeung and Ken Lo also appear.
Sam Hui's requisite ditty for the film (English title of the song is "The Most Important Thing Is To Have Fun") was nominated at the Hong Kong film awards. |
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