Love on a Diet (2001)

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sharonapple (Kiasukid) on Friday, September 28, 2001 - 01:05 am

Review - Love on a Diet (2001)

Dir: Johnnie To, Wai Kar Fai
Actors: Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng, Kurokawa

Johnnie To, Wai Kar Fai, Andy Lau and Sammi Cheng reunite again after their hugely successful partnership in "Needing You."

Andy and Sammi don huge rubber suits and portray and look a far cry from their usual slim selves. Some of the novelty you'll get from this film is seeing them so large. The makeup is done by an American firm, can't remember which one and is for the most part quite good.

The film is set in picturesque Japan. The location is well used and you never get the feeling that our two protaganists are in an "exotic" new land. (That's what I like about "When I Look Upon the Stars" too.)

Sammi's character is somewhat similar to her character in "Needing You." Sort of wacky.  Anyway, Sammi plays Mini Mo, a woman who used to be slim and beautiful. She and her Japanese pianist boyfriend (Kurokaw) were very deeply in love but he had to leave to go overseas to study music. Left on her own, Mini Mo kept eating. Now, however, she needs to lose weight quick because he's about to marry another. At this point in time she meets Fei-Zhai (Andy Lau) and he will help her to lose weight.

The film is quite fun and funny. It manages to keep the cheap fat jokes to a minimum and instead concentrates on Fei-zhai's growing affection for Mini. It also includes among the cast Milkyway regulars Wong Tin Lam and Lam Shuet and they are quite funny as Fei-zhai's fellow HK buddies who try and help Mini lose weight in very unconventional ways.

In the end, its a romantic comedy which just happens to have large people as their protaganists. I had some problems with the ending but not many other people seem to have. Worth checking out.

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