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Rating:

5

Year of release: 2005

Genre: romantic comedy

Director: Derek Yee

Writers: Derek Yee, Jessica Fong

Producers: Henry Fong Ping, Wong Gin San

Stars: Miriam Yeung, Daniel Wu, Alex Fong, Wu Qing, Ella Koon, Vincent Kok, Andrew Lin

Rated IIB for alcohol use

DVD Information

Company: Panorama

Format: widescreen

Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin

Subtitles: Chinese, English

Extras: deleted scenes, bloopers, making-of featurette, trailers

Notes: Not much to complain about here -- this is one of the best Panorama discs I've seen.

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Drink, Drank, Drunk

Derek Yee, writer/director of One Nite in Mongkok (one of last year's few truly good movies to come out of Hong Kong) offers up his take on the romantic comedy genre with Drink, Drank, Drunk. The film reunites the stars of the popular Love Undercover movies, with Miriam Yueng playing a "beer girl" who bumps into a very drunk chef, played by Daniel Wu. Daniel's attempt at a French cafe has flopped, but Miriam feels sorry for him, so she lends him money to re-open the cafe, on the condition that she be able to run it as a coffee shop during the day. One thing leads to another, and the duo eventually become a couple. Things look to be set for a happy ending, but a friend from Daniel's past (Andrew Lin) and a job offer from a pretty new boss (Ella Koon) seem to be destined to break up the couple.

Long-time readers of this site will probably know that romantic comedies aren't my cup of tea, and Drink, Drank, Drunk didn't do much to change my opinion. It's the usual sort of stuff for a movie of this type -- boy meets girl, boy loses girl, a sappy Cantopop ballad plays, boy gets girl back. There are a couple of chuckles generated during the running time (mostly from Alex Fong, who plays a Triad boss who has a crush on Miriam), but most of the comedy falls flat, especially the jokes surrounding Vincent Kok, who plays Miriam's gay best friend and who delivers "zingers" that wouldn't even be put on a Will and Grace blooper reel. Perhaps if I was actually a fan of Miriam Yeung, I might have gotten more out of Drink, Drank, Drunk, but when you combine her annoying mannerisms (such as thinking that screaming at the top of her lungs equals comedy gold) along with a weak script, I can only give this movie a very mild recommendation.