Fractured Follies: Reviews

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Fractured Follies
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by Joy Sales/Fortune Star

ALTERNATE SYNOPSIS:
Since Gannon (James Wong) has been swindled of his life savings by his scheming cousin on a ruined site, his crippled daughter May (Wong Tsu Hsien) takes up the hard task of turning the premise into a supermarket. May is injured in a traffic accident caused by taxi-driver Joe (Chow Yun Fat) who assumes his reckless driving has turned May into a cripple. He then volunteers to help her to set the supermarket. May's grandma pretty likes Joe and wants to match up May and him. After a long chase after, the lovers reconcile and live happily forever.

The Plot: Ah May (JW) and her family move to HK to open a store, but discover their evil cousin has sold them a dilapidated wreck. Taxi-drivin' geek Chow Yun Fat promptly runs down May in a car crash; to avoid being sued for damages he embroils himself and the two co-owners of his taxi (James Wong & Nina Li Chi) in Ah May's life. Vamp cousin "Scarlet" and May's parents add merrily to the confusion.

What Would I Like This Movie? This is a prototypic HK comedy, IMHO -- if you like the genre, you'll love it.

Why Wouldn't I Like This Movie? Well.... it's a prototypic HK comedy! Though I thought some scenes were funny, some were boring and irritating.

Comedy about a couple who fight their way into a romance. Chow is caught between sweet crippled girl Joey Wong and curvy Nina Li Chi. The title is a sportive reference to Wang's affliction. As with all HK comedies there's the usual dumb slapstick, sexual buffoonery, and annoying gender roles (all from a Western point of view, of course). HKFlix Rating 6/10: (Arthouse Rating: 3/5. Entertainment Value: 3/5.)

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