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(photo credit: Ilovehkfilm.com)AZN showed the romantic Hong Kong film Drink, Drank, Drunk directed by Derek Yee that came out in 2005. I like Daniel Wu (One friend aptly said if you like Andy Lau you will like Daniel Wu.) in movies and I was even more excited to find he is an overseas Chinese who is making it in Hong Kong as others are being successful. Kozo wrote a review about this film Drink, Drank, Drunk and this person writes good reviews.
Siu Min (Miriam Yeung) is a beer promotions gal who meets Michel (Daniel Wu) a Chinese French guy chef one night drinking away his sorrows. He has opened a French restaurant but the locals do not understand or appreciate his high end French cuisine and he is losing money. They both come together and open a business because Siu Min is tired of her job and sees it as a good opportunity. Slowly Siu Min falls for Michel because he is living with her (as he no longer has enough money to rent an apartment.) So the road from strangers, friends, roomies, business partners to more than friends happens pretty quickly. But Michel has another conflicting passion, the desire to see and travel the world. What will happen with them?
I actually liked the chemistry between Siu Min (Miriam Yeung) and Michel (Daniel Wu). Siu Min can out drink many people. So she does not trust anyone when they say things when they are drunk. Or it is the popular belief that drink causes people to say the truth as their inhibitions are lowered. Miriam is the queen of HK movies in terms of comedies. By harsh HK beauty standards, she is not considered one but she makes it up in terms of her likeable on screen aura. It is probably why I enjoy her films so much. It was a breezy romance comedy and I was glad to rewatch this film.
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