Fractured Follies () is a 1988

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film directed by Wong Chung, it stars

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, Wong Ching,

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Plot

May (

), is a girl who was born with one leg an inch shorter than a normal person. One day while she and her family was cleaning their supermarket they had just bought, May gets hit by a taxi driven by Joe (

). Thinking he is the one that crippled May, he volunteers to work for May's family supermarket to repay her medical bills. Scarlet (

), May's cousin, has her sights set on Joe, but Joe himself was falling for May. After some advice from the Buddha, Joe finally has the courage to ask May out. On the other hand, Joe's friend Sea (Wong Ching) was falling for Scarlet, with Joe's help, he managed to win her heart.

Cast

as Joe Leung (梁少祖) - May's spouse, taxi driver before he worked for May's family *

as May Yau (游靜文) - Joe's spouse, born with one leg an inch shorter than a normal person * James Wong as Yau Kwong Nam (游江南) - May's father *

as Scarlet (紅菱) - Has a crush on Joe, married to Sea in the end * Wong Ching as Sea (梁少海) - Scarlet's spouse *

as Cher Leung (梁小珊) - Joe and Sea's friend, gets scammed by a producer for nudes * Cheng Mang-Ha as May's grandmother * Chan Lap-Ban as Matchmaker * Gam Lui as Porno cd producer boss * Pei Yun as Temple worshipper * Wang Yi-Fei as Nam's cousin (cameo) * Lung Tin-Sang as Guest at Joe's wedding (uncredited) * Lee Sam as Robber (uncredited)

Critical response

"Okay, so it's not sophisticated humor, but this is a great comedy romance with two HK greats, Chow Yun-Fat and Joey Wong......The romance between Joe and May is sweet and has some awfully cute moments......Lots of fun. Put your brain in neutral and give it a watch." -----

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(6.0/10 based on 143 user reviews) "Fractured Follies is a pleasant little romantic comedy that isn't anything that's really going to make you laugh out loud or cry your eyes out, but it's not going to make you clutch your head in disbelief, either.......Fractured Follies accomplishes what it ostensibly set out to do -- deliver some nice fluffy entertainment." ----- hkfilm.net (6/10) On the Chinese movie review website,

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, it received an average rating of 6.8 out of 10 based on 6599 user reviews.

References

External links

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