When I Fall in Love... With Both (2000)Quite simply, this comprises three stories about ladies who fall in love... with both. The "both", in this case, refers to two men at once. The three ladies are brought together through an Internet chat program, giving rise to the cross-border locations in which the tales are set. For the first - set in Singapore - TV host Fann Wong finds herself filming breadmaker Peter Ho. She finds him pretty boring until she tastes one of his buns. It's delicious; the baker mumbles out a quick line about 'showing her his bread workshop' and she's there in a flash. But as she falls for her bun boy, things hot up between her and a co-worker back at the TV station. Who will Fann choose? In story two, viewers are taken back to Hong Kong. Teresa Lee is happily engaged to her man until his twin brother moves in with them. He's everything her man is not - he seems to appreciate her company more, they share similar childhood memories of Victoria Park and he's a better listener too. Tensions are kept under wraps and peak on Teresa's wedding night when she mistakes one twin for another after too much boozing. She's in a sticky situation and has to decide between the two men. Who will Teresa choose? The final story brings in Michelle Reis, who viewers have only seen chatting online beforehand. When she and her man (Alex Fong - wait for his wig) get laid off, she takes up a job at a Macau bridal boutique run by David Wu. And she moves in with him. Inevitably, her relationship with Alex falls apart, though he's not the type of person to stop caring for her when difficulties come... Frankly, I was unimpressed when the film ended. The conceptual repetition in the three tales didn't help. And I couldn't have cared for the plot happenings, which were so overblown in their portrayal and scripting. Some moments were just too overwrought - Fann Wong getting so descriptive about a bun she tastes borders pretentious early on but when a cat leaps to its death and a candle wistfully blows out, the heavy symbolism is more laughable than heartrending. Though it's hardly a film I'd recommend, if you're out for a innocuous HK relationship and in an accepting frame of mind, there's some enjoyment to be found in When I Fall In Love... With Both. |
Credits: Directed by Samson Chiu |
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