| Ekin Cheng is livelier and more fun than ever before but it's effort wasted as My Wife Is 18 becomes another one of all too many examples of Hong Kong romantic comedies that can't combine its broad and heartfelt elements into an effective whole. Plus, what the hell is up with clocking in over 100 minutes these days for these kinds of films that doesn't have that much say to warrant the viewing time.
Anyway, Charlene Choi without dedicated direction not surprisingly comes off as annoyance on two feet and James Yuen brings nothing of note to a romantic comedy that has neither romance or as much comedy as it clearly thinks. Richard Ng, Stephanie Che, Ronald Cheng and Patrick Tang also appear. |
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