If you've forgotten the film's premise, which I had, the first fifteen minutes do not bode well; there's so many ultra-cutesy scenes, you'll wonder how they'll can introduce any conflict. Well, Richie Ren dies, is that good enough? From here on out the story pretty much writes itself; but despite the predictability of the plot, the emotional scenes are layed on so thick it's impossible to be unaffected. I imagine teenage girls across HK were devastated by this one. Oh, who am I kidding, trying to sound like a tough guy... The reviewers below admit to crying, so I'm in good company. Yeah, I got teary. I'm ashamed to admit that a movie so seemingly paint-by-numbers could do it to me, but it did... So, Mr. Ma, mission accomplished. My one objective comment... I'm not sure Richie Ren was the best choice for the lead. He doesn't bring anything to his role that outweighs the fact that he is dubbed. At any rate, despite Ren's dubbed dialogue and schmaltz so familiar you'll be guessing lines before they appear, ("don't see the world with your eyes..." all together now... "see it with your heart!") this is an effective weepie.