Love Undercover (2002)
Reviewed by: danton on 2002-12-26
After really disliking Dry Wood Fierce Fire, I went into this film with a strong disposition towards finding it flawed. Instead, the film had me laughing even before the opening credits were over, and I didn't stop laughing till the very end. Who would have thought - Myriam Yeung is actually quite funny! And she has a well-developed script to work with here: the story builds an increasingly absurd and farcical comedy of errors around a simple premise, throws in some nice running gags, funny side characters, and even manages to develop some touching moments along the way.

It's all mindless fluff, of course, and not that different from any of the other recent HK comedies that follow the Needing You mold, but it was a least executed well enough to make me not mind. And after all, you have to fill the time between releases of new Stephen Chiau movies some way or another.

Recommended.
Reviewer Score: 8