Title:
LOVE ON A DIET
traditional
Chinese: 瘦身男女
simplified
Chinese:瘦身男女
romanized:
Sau
san naam neui
Mandarin:
Shòu
Shēn Nán Nǚ
Cantonese:
Sau3
San1 Naam4 Neoi2
Director:
Johnnie To & Wai Kai-fai
Writer:
Wai Kai-fai & Yau Nai-hoi
released
date: June 21, 2001
running
time: 95 minutes
country:
Hong Kong
language:
Cantonese – Japanese – English
CAST:
ANDY
LAU as Fatso
SAMMI
CHENG as Mini Mo
PLOT
(wikipedia)
Mini Mo (Sammi Cheng) is a Hong
Kong resident living in Japan. She suffers from depression,
low self-esteem and a binge eating disorder –
the result which sees her suffers from extreme obesity. A failed
suicide attempt causes her to meet Fatso (Andy Lau), a Hong
Kong salesman working in Japan who is also obese.
Mini sticks with Fatso everywhere, and
although initially vexed by Mini, Fatso discovers the reason behind
her depression. Mini cannot forget her former boyfriend, Kurokawa,
who is now a world-famous pianist. Ten years ago, the two had
pledged to meet at the foot of Yokohama Marine Tower on the
night of their break-up. Mini is fearful of meeting Kurokawa in her
present size. Touched by her story and her sweet nature, Fatso
promises to whip her back into shape.
After trying desperate means of losing
weight (such as swallowing tapeworms and exercising
to Dance Dance Revolution), Mini finally sheds pounds. But Fatso
finds his funds running low. To earn enough to finance Mini's
weight-loss programs, he opens a boxing gig on the streets allowing
on-lookers to punch him to vent their pent-up frustrations. He next
enrolls Mini on an expensive weight-loss program, which proves to be
very successful. Mini regains her former slim and pretty look.
On the night of her reunion with
Kurokawa, Fatso drops Mini off at Tokyo Tower and she meets up with
former beau under the gazing eyes of the local media. The pair
are interviewed by a local network, but Mini notices another
broadcast featuring Fatso's street boxing gig. She finally realizes
how much Fatso has sacrificed himself for her and is moved to tears.
Turning to apologize to Kurokawa, she leaves hastily.
Months later, Mini publishes
a bestseller on dieting, and finds a slimmed-down
Fatso carrying her book in a park. The two kiss, promising never to
leave each other again.
REVIEW:
I love Andy Lau and Sammi Cheng tandem!
This movie is very entertaining - definitely one of my fave Chinese rom-com. Their transition from being obese to fit is pretty amazing. This movie interprets that everyone is going through a struggle and one should not judge the book by it's cover and let's not miss an opportunity to better ourselves.
credits ~ Google Images, Wikipedia
