''Missbehavior'' () is a 2019 Hong Kong film by
Pang Ho-cheung. It is co-written by Pang and Sunny Lau.
Plot
After June accidentally served her boss's breast milk to a client, she assembles a group of her estranged friends on
WeChat
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to find a replacement bottle before her boss leaves.
Cast
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Isabel Chan
Chan Yat Ling (), known in the West as Isabel Chan or Yat Ling Chan, is a Chinese actress based in Hong Kong. Chan Yat Ling is the Cantonese equivalent of her Mandarin Chinese name. She has been active as a Cantonese language performer since 199 ...
— Isabel
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Dada Chan
Dada Chan (born 22 March 1989) is a Hong Kong actress and model under Jacso Entertainment based in Hong Kong.
Entertainment career
In 2007, as a model, she was with Hong Kong singer Jason Chan shooting Tao-Ti green tea (道地百果园饮品) adv ...
— Rosalin Lin
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Gigi Leung
Gigi Leung Wing-kei (Chinese: 梁詠琪, born 25 March 1976) is a Hong Kong singer and actress.
Early life
She was born at Tsan Yuk Hospital in Sai Ying Pun on 25 March 1976 and was given the name Leung Pik-chi () for superstitious reasons; as a ...
— May, the policewoman
* — June, the office worker searching for breast milk
* — Frank
* — Boris
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Isabella Leong
Luísa Isabella Nolasco da Silva Leong Lok-yau (born 23 June 1988), better known as Isabella Leong, is a Macanese actress and former singer.
Early life
Luísa Isabella Nolasco da Silva was born on 23 June 1988, in Macao to Luís Alberto Marques ...
— June's boss, Luna Fu
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Patrick Tse
Patrick Tse Yin (born Tse Ka-yuk; 9 August 1936) is a Hong Kong actor, producer, screenwriter and director in Hong Kong cinema.
Biography
Patrick Tse began his acting career in the 1950s and remained active for the next 40 years. He is a versat ...
— the important client
Production
The film was shot over 14 days with a heavy use of
improvisation
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.
Release and reception
It was released over
Chinese New Year
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. Edmund Lee of the ''
South China Morning Post
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'' gave the film three of five
stars
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and wrote that while he liked the wordplay humour the script was "hit or miss".
[ Arturo Arredondo for the ''Georgia Asian Times'' gave the film four out of five stars, praising the cast's acting and improvisational skills. Elizabeth Kerr of '']The Hollywood Reporter
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'' praised the film's blend of coarse and witty humor but noted its regional Hong Kong idiosyncrasies as a barrier for international appeal.
References
External links
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Hong Kong films
2019 comedy films
2019 films
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