''Mr. Coconut'' (
Chinese
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: 合家歡;
Pinyin: hé jiā huān) is a 1989
Hong Kong Chinese New Year film
A Chinese New Year film (, Mandarin: ''hèsuìpiān'', Cantonese: ''ho6seoi3pin3'') refers to movies usually released during the Chinese New Year period. It is a film that varies in genre (fantasy, comedy, action, animation, and the like) but whos ...
directed by
Clifton Ko, it stars
Michael Hui,
Raymond Wong Pak-ming,
Ricky Hui
Ricky Hui Kwun-ying (3 August 1946 – 8 November 2011) was a Hong Kong actor and singer. He along with his brothers, Michael and Sam, made several comedy blockbusters in the 1970s and 1980s.
Biography
Ricky Hui Kun-ying was born 3 August ...
,
Olivia Cheng and
Joey Wong
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. The film ran in theaters from 21 January 1989 until 6 February 1989. The film depicts society's immigration problem, telling the cultural differences and contradictions between the lives of the mainlanders and Hong Kong people. The movie was a box office success.
Plot
The film centers around Ngan Kwai-Na (
Michael Hui) who lives in
Hainan Island, is used to the culture of villages and simple life that villagers have. One day, he gets a letter form his sister Ping (
Olivia Cheng) and visits his sister in Hong Kong, as he endures the modern culture and the Hong Kong streets of the late 1980s.
Cast
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Michael Hui as Ngan Kwai-Nam (雁歸南) - mainland villager
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Raymond Wong Pak-ming as Wong Ka-Fan (黃嘉範) - shoe store manager, Kwai-Nam's brother-in-law
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Olivia Cheng as Ping (雁燕萍) - Kwai-Nam's sister, married to Ka-Fan
* Chan Cheuk Yan as Skinny (奀珠) - Ka-Fan and Ping's daughter
*
Ricky Hui
Ricky Hui Kwun-ying (3 August 1946 – 8 November 2011) was a Hong Kong actor and singer. He along with his brothers, Michael and Sam, made several comedy blockbusters in the 1970s and 1980s.
Biography
Ricky Hui Kun-ying was born 3 August ...
as Lime (經紀拉) - manager, later insurance salesman
*
Joey Wong
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as Ling (黃嘉玲) - flight attendant, Ka-Fan's sister
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Simon Yam as Timothy Hui (許公子) - son of a rich family, Ling's crush
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Maria Cordero as Miss Ma (老闆娘) - owner of the shoe store Ka-Fan worked at
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Tony Leung Ka-fai as Bush (高富帥) - Joey's boyfriend, short cameo and only mentioned at the end of the movie
* San Wong as Mr Hui (許先生) - Timothy's father
* Sin Huang Tam as Miss Hui (許太太) - Timothy's mother
*
Lowell Lo
Lowell Lo Kwun Ting (, born 12 October 1950) is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter, actor and film composer. He wrote the film scores to many Hong Kong films. He is now also an environmental activist.
Early life
Lowell Lo Kwun Ting was born on 12 ...
as Fengshui expert on TV
* Pak-Kwong Ho as Taoist priest
* Ken Boyle as insurance company manager - Mandarin dubbing
* Yung-kuang Lai as Insurance company worker
* Fan Hui as Building Cleaner
* Catherine Lau as Miss Ma's maid
* Ernst Mausser as plane passenger at Bombay airport
* Simon Yip as buffet customer
*
Clifton Ko as television show host (cameo)
* Fennie Yuen as subway passenger (cameo)
* Hsiu-Ling Lu as girl at railway station (cameo)
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Loletta Lee
Rachel Lee (; born 8 January 1966), previously known as Loletta Lee, is a Hong Kong actress and a Category III film star.
She started playing small roles in Hong Kong movies in the 1980s. Her first role as a lead actress was in ''Devoted to You ...
as television shampoo commercial girl (cameo)
* Pauline Kwan as party guest girl (cameo)
*
Yonfan
Yonfan (born 14 October 1947) is a Hong Kong film director and photographer.
Biography
He was born in Wuhan, Hubei, Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China. As the Yang family emigrated from mainland China, they lived first in Hong Kong ...
as annoyed buffet customer (cameo)
* Wing-Cho Yip as tofo seller (cameo)
* Elsie Chan as shoe store customer (cameo)
Critical response
"This is a somewhat funny Hong Kong comedy......there are several hits and misses in this film due to the slow plot and few redeeming qualities in the cast.....there are some funny slapstick comedy and classic Hong Kong humor that may generate some laugh-out-loud moments......It's not a bad film overall, just a tad slow." ------
IMDb (6.5/10 based on 136 user reviews)
"There is a lot to appreciate director Clifford Ko in this film as he simply allows Hui to showcase his scene by scene talent........this film is simply a reflection of that cultural difference, the condemning of money minded insurance companies, rich and poor gap and the nature of workers and bosses." ----- HK Neo Reviews
On the Chinese movie review website,
Douban
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, it received an average rating of 7.4 out of 10 based on 3691 user reviews.
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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Mr. Coconut' at
Hong Kong Cinemagic
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1980s Hong Kong films