Who's the Woman, Who's the Man (1996)
Reviewed by: MilesC on 2000-08-04
Summary: I liked it!
I pretty much agree with Grimes, below; the first movie took a fairly off-the-wall premise and played it way too straight. It just didn't go as far as such a silly concept should have. The sequel, however, has all the zany-but-tasteful sexual antics you could hope for, plus the hilarious dancing remodelers. The only real downside is that the end is dragged out; two or three times there's a crane-shot or a fade-out, and you think "okay, roll credits, perfect" and then it just keeps going. Overall, this is a funny (I've arrived as a fan; I get the Cantonese name-play/love-life inside jokes!)and rather endearing movie, and its treatment of homosexuality is, at least for Hong Kong, pretty progressive. There's some stuff in here that wouldn't sit well with PC types in America, but if you've seen other films' treatment... Well, at least Chan Ho-San was honestly trying.