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All's Well, End's Well '97

1997 · 90 min

A breezy, silly family comedy full of slapstick schemes and feel-good warmth, easy to watch and forget.

Overview
Old Mr. Lo has three sons and the youngest one Lo Kung is his favorite. However, Kung does nothing but fool around all day long. Old Mr. Lo is very annoyed about this. The relationship between father and son is thus affected. So on Kung's birthday, his two brothers decide to play a joke on him. They trick him into believing he has won the lottery. Kung is so happy that he spends a tremendous amount of money. When he realizes he is in huge debt, he pretends to go insane and the whole family believes him.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • greed
  • deception
  • redemption
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour8
Realism6
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, romance
Directed by
Alfred Cheung Kin-ting
Written by
Raymond Wong Pak-Ming, Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu
Starring
Roy Chiao, Raymond Wong Pak-Ming, Francis Ng Chun-yu, Stephen Chow, Christine Ng Wing-mei, Jacklyn Wu, Amanda Lee Wai-Man, Christy Chung Lai-Tai
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
90 min
Country
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Languages
Cantonese, Mandarin

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