Caution: This review mentions certain spoilers in the movie, don't read this unless you've already watched the movie or just don't care at all.
After watching this movie, I must say I'm torn between of giving this movie a decent and a bad rating. A big part of you wants you to see both of them together however it doesn't end like that. At the end of the movie, I ended up having mixed feelings about it and felt a little confused. I'm guessing the director, like mentioned earlier, is trying to portray love and happiness in a different light rather than following the usual trend of two people ending up together. (I don't claim to be a Johnnie To expert or anything, but after reading the previous reviews I'm guessing the endings of his movies with Andy Lau and Sammy Cheung are usually different from this one and I'll probably end up liking those movies more than this one) The main reason why I'm struggling how I feel about this particular movie is because of the style Johnnie To uses to portray love between the two couples. I had a little difficult time trying to keep up with the couple's true feelings for each other and the changes in the dynamic atmosphere. For instance, there's the scene where Sammi is in bed in the hospital; before you know it, Andy is too. I wasn't sure how to interpret it as a comic relief or as a serious situation. Then right after the bed scene in the hospital, I had a hard time readjusting to the mood afterward when both are out of the hospital. This happened to me maybe twice, but I won't go any further than this example I just wrote about. In the end, I was a little confused why the ending happened the way it did, but I guess I'll have to accept it as the director's way of giving the movie a different approach and try something different for once. If a person can follow the movie just fine and is able to deviate from the American norm for romantic comedy movies, then I think they would enjoy the movie more than most. But this movie went through too many twists for me to truly enjoy this movie to its full potential.
After watching this movie, I must say I'm torn between of giving this movie a decent and a bad rating. A big part of you wants you to see both of them together however it doesn't end like that. At the end of the movie, I ended up having mixed feelings about it and felt a little confused. I'm guessing the director, like mentioned earlier, is trying to portray love and happiness in a different light rather than following the usual trend of two people ending up together. (I don't claim to be a Johnnie To expert or anything, but after reading the previous reviews I'm guessing the endings of his movies with Andy Lau and Sammy Cheung are usually different from this one and I'll probably end up liking those movies more than this one) The main reason why I'm struggling how I feel about this particular movie is because of the style Johnnie To uses to portray love between the two couples. I had a little difficult time trying to keep up with the couple's true feelings for each other and the changes in the dynamic atmosphere. For instance, there's the scene where Sammi is in bed in the hospital; before you know it, Andy is too. I wasn't sure how to interpret it as a comic relief or as a serious situation. Then right after the bed scene in the hospital, I had a hard time readjusting to the mood afterward when both are out of the hospital. This happened to me maybe twice, but I won't go any further than this example I just wrote about. In the end, I was a little confused why the ending happened the way it did, but I guess I'll have to accept it as the director's way of giving the movie a different approach and try something different for once. If a person can follow the movie just fine and is able to deviate from the American norm for romantic comedy movies, then I think they would enjoy the movie more than most. But this movie went through too many twists for me to truly enjoy this movie to its full potential.