It's a Wonderful Life (2007 film)

It's a Wonderful Life

Film poster
Traditional 心想事成
Simplified 心想事成
Mandarin Xīn Xiǎng Shì Chéng
Cantonese Sam1 Seong2 Si6 Sing4
Directed by Ronald Cheng
Produced by Paco Wong
Screenplay by Ronald Cheng
Patrick Kong
Starring Ronald Cheng
Tony Leung
Vincent Kok
Alex Fong
Teresa Mo
Louisa So
Music by Raymond Wong
Cinematography Day Tsou
Ronald Cheng
Edited by Kinson Tsang
Kwong Chi-leung
Distributed by Gold Typhoon
Release dates
 15 February 2007 (2007-02-15)
Running time
 104 minutes
Country Hong Kong
Language Cantonese
Box office HK$7.8 million

It's a Wonderful Life is a 2007 Hong Kong comedy film written, directed by and starring Ronald Cheng, who makes his directorial debut. The film co-stars Tony Leung, Vincent Kok, Alex Fong, Teresa Mo and Louisa So.

Plot

The Jade Emperor (Patrick Dunn) is offering a reward for a proposal plan to promote the economy of Heaven. When Thunder God (Ronald Cheng), who known for his cleverness, submits his proposal to the Jade Emperor, Thunder God's girlfriend, the Saint of Nine Heavens (Mia Yam), reveals that thirty years ago, Thunder God once descended to Earth and helped a chubby boy named Ding Don, helping him stay on the right path and not go astray. Thunder God thought he was going to be rewarded for this effort, but instead, the Saint of Nine Heavens tells him avout a promise he made to the kid, that he will come forward to help the kid if he faces any difficulties. At this very moment, Ding Don (Vincent Kok), now grown up, is facing a death amulet. If Thunder God does not fulfill his commitment, it will be a disadvantage for him when campaigning for his proposal. Thunder God, who possess great strength in his magical powers, decides to fulfill his promise and descends to Earth and help Ding Don go through his crisis. However, the situation is not as simple as he imagined to be.

Ding Don is currently in his 30s, living with his beautiful wife, Cheng Choi (Louisa So), and younger brother-in-law, Cheng Wo (Alex Fong). Ding is a director of a department store and is often bullied by his superior, Pat Sau-kong (Tony Leung), while his brother-in-law have fallen in love with a gambling addict, Miki (Miki Yeung), resulting in a huge debt from loan sharks. The Saint of Nine Heavens also finds out from the Life and Death Collection book that on New Years Eve, Ding's life will be in danger as Pat had hired assassins to kill Ding. When Thunder God attempts to protect Ding with magical powers, he does not know how to properly put spells, resulting in a large chaos.

Cast

Music

Theme song

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Critical reception

Lau Kit of the South China Morning Post gave the film a positive review praising the performances of Tony Leung Ka-fai and Teresa Mo, while also praising Ronald Cheng's transition from lowbrow humour to offering comments of life.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "It's A Wonderful Life - South China Morning Post".

External links

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