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      Golden Chicken

      2002 1h 46m Comedy Drama List
      Reviews 70% Audience Score 500+ Ratings A thief starts to fall for his would-be victim, a charming prostitute, who shares her life story. Read More Read Less

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      Hinson B This movie told a touching story but with comedy way. It explanied bewteen of 80s to early 2000s Hong Kong story with a sex worker's view. The sex worker acted by Sandra Ng. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/29/22 Full Review Audience Member A record of a period. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Unique. There are period pieces which follow a certain person, but certainly not someone like her. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Gai (Chicken) a nickname for some girls in Thailand and slang for a prostitute in Hong Kong. I can see why Ng won Best Actress, she does a great job. While the story just isn't that compelling, there are some good laughs and appearances by Tsang and Lau.. I'm glad I learned what fishballing is, but it would seem (for this retrospective at least), "you had to be there". Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review jesse o I didn't hate this movie at all, in fact its heart is definitely in the right place as this is a sweet story about an old prostitute and seeing her ups and downs, using historical Hong Kong events as the backdrop. Whether it be the stock market crash, the economy collapsing, etc. But, and this isn't a slight against the movie itself of course, as I am not from Hong Kong, the film will probably be a whole lot better to people who lived through the same events as Sandra Ng's character did. Perhaps it would resonate emotionally with them the way it didn't with me. And, again, this isn't a slight against the film itself. But the film is still pretty sweet and Sandra Ng does a great job at bringing a lot of heart and warmth to the character. It also helps that she is a very funny woman when she needs to be. Sandra simply adds a lot of likability to the character and she makes the film, in spite of its weaknesses, fun to sit through, even if I wouldn't say that it's a good movie. Another problem with the film is that isn't really all that funny, it has its funny scenes and moments but they're never really truly hilarious. The writing isn't great but, again, it is elevated by Sandra Ng's inspired performance. The movie also looks and feels like a low-budget affair but I can't complain about it too much, because I've seen low-budget films that were excellent. The problem doesn't lie in it feeling and looking low-budget, the problem lies in the quality of the dialogue and the lack of comedy. It isn't all bad, Sandra Ng does a great job in this film and it also has its funny and sweet moments. So while it's not perfect, there's still enough here to make this an average film at best. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member A Very Good Film With A Great Sandra Ng Performance Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A thief starts to fall for his would-be victim, a charming prostitute, who shares her life story.
      Director
      Leung Chun "Samson" Chiu
      Producer
      Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Yuet-Jan Hui
      Screenwriter
      Leung Chun "Samson" Chiu, Matt Chow
      Genre
      Comedy, Drama
      Original Language
      Chinese
      Runtime
      1h 46m