I won’t go into the story, as there is no point as it is pretty much summed up in the other reviews, I will just add my comments.

Firstly, as to the opening of the last review I have to agree with 100% “another Wong Jing mess”. But although the story seems a little shallow and unbelievable, it doesn’t turn it into a complete disaster. Wong Jing after all has done a few good films in the past (though most can be counted on one hand). It’s a drama I suppose, though there are some ‘jokes’, but they’re just not funny.

The song at the beginning (Andy Hui it sounds like) of the film says 2 things to me (oh no, this is for love-sick kids…and this is going to be so corny), but as soon as it finishes and the film starts off, things begin to look up, especially as Wong Jing decided to use sync-sound for the majority of the time (a rare thing for him). The film is certainly not bad to most extents.

As for acting, well, most of it is pretty terrible. Shu Qi being the worst. Carina Lau doesn’t do much better to start with, but is an improvement in comparison, and does get better during the film. On the up though, Leon Lai is excellent, and the pretty stunning new comer Lee Ann is not bad either (shame she can’t speak Cantonese or English though! – you will know what I mean if you see it). But the acting doesn’t really matter though, because it’s hard to judge when they were all given such an awful corny script as this. Saying that though, it’s one of those films most people could put up with, as long as you are not expecting something great. Most of the story is actually interesting, but the love triangle is boring and unoriginal – but that is expected for Wong Jing I guess - unoriginal!

But for 1998 (a poor year for the HK film industry), it’s certainly not too bad – I actually found it more enjoayable watching it again today, then when I first saw it a few years ago. But if you like films like ‘Feel 100%’, then you might enjoy it, though not as good in any way. I would probably say this is worth seeing if you get the chance.

I think it's worth mentioning too that the music overall is not bad actually, with the exception of Leon's song at the end - I found that too over the top, but considering most of the film it does suit!

Also, you might not be aware, but this is based on the Japanese TV series, and as a tribute half of it is filmed in Japan, with one of the main actors in the series having a cameo appearance too.

Overall, unoriginal concept, shallow characters most of the time, poor acting from most, but actually very enjoyable. I think that might be why I have given it 4 and not 3, because honestly I think it deserves more of a 3.

Rating: [4/5]