Gorgeous

1999
6| 2h1m| PG-13| en
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When Ah Bu, a girl from a small fishing town in Taiwan, finds a glass bottle with a romantic message, she travels to Hong Kong to find her prince charming. As it turns out, her prince charming, Albert, happens to be gay. But all is not lost when Ah Bu meets the dashing Chi Wu. Meanwhile, Ah Bu's boyfriend from Taiwan comes looking for her, as the action and romance follow Ah Bu back to Taiwan.

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Paynbob It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
Brenda The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
Hattie I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.
Josephina Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.
Paul Magne Haakonsen While "Gorgeous" (aka "Boh lei chun") is not among the best of Jackie Chan movies, it is still quite an entertaining movie."Gorgeous" sort of combines three elements, two of which Jackie Chan is usually associated with; that being action and slapstick comedy, of course. And the third element here in the movie is romance. And I must admit that it is nice to see Jackie Chan in a movie that actually revolves around romance and not just about action and non-stop beating up people.The storyline in "Gorgeous", albeit generic, is enjoyable for what it was. It wasn't groundbreaking in any way or by any means. But it does detour from the usual movies that Jackie Chan is known for.As a long time fan of the Hong Kong cinema, I must say that "Gorgeous" is just bursting with impressive names, in both big and small roles alike. Of course you have Jackie Chan himself as the main attraction here, accompanied by the charismatic and stunning Shu Qi. But there are so many other impressive names here as well, most memorable was Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, because he was so out of his usual roles here, and he nailed that part spot on. But you also have appearances by the likes of Richie Jen, Sam Lee, Stephen Chow and Daniel Wu."Gorgeous" is an entertaining movie, albeit it does feel a bit prolonged because of the generic and predictable story.
hrkepler 'Gorgeous' is not your typical Jackie Chan movie, sure, it has comedy and some action, but in most part it is a 100% pure romantic comedy. After filming 'Rush Hour' Jackie Chan turned back to Hong Kong to do something different from most of his filmography. He had long desired to tackle a more dramatic role, so he became romantic lead in a project he was first set to only produce.Young and naive Taiwanese girl Bu (Qi Shu) picks up a message in a bottle that inspires her to travel to Hong Kong to find the guy who wrote the message. She accidentally meets wealthy businessman C.N. (Jacki Chan) with playboy reputation. Mixed personalities, little lies growing bigger, misunderstandings and misadventures and lot more that goes with the romantic comedy genre. There are couple of fight scenes, but these are not quite usual Jackie Chan stuff where he sends a guy cartwheeling out of the window with loaf of bread. There are no real wish of harm or revenge behind the action sequences. Even the main 'villian' (Bradley James Allan) is not quite villian, but just competetive fighter who wants to have a fight with the best. In both main fights between Jackie and Allan, they both wear gloves and repeat 'no dirty tricks'.Very different from usual Jackie Chan stuff, but still very entertaining. Some cliches but not much of the usual romantic stickiness. 'Gorgeous' is definitely worth your time if you are the fan of Jackie Chan.
vchimpanzee It appeared to me that the words being spoken didn't match the way the actors' lips were moving. And if this did, in fact, mean the movie was being dubbed, it wasn't dubbed very well. Some of the characters just seemed like complete clowns. Not that there was anything wrong with that. This was a very funny movie.Bu was absolutely adorable. Too adorable, in fact. Much of the dubbing of her material was entirely too cutesy. It made her appealing to me, but it just seemed to take away from the movie's quality. And if the title referred to her--well, she was.But the comedy, the fighting, the romance, the mystery--all were enjoyable. Jackie Chan's character was quite appealing. Not really as miserable as Bu seemed to think. But Bu brought him out of his misery, and we had to wonder: would she end up with him or one of the other guys? When I saw this, it had a TV-14 rating. Totally uncalled for. What violence this movie had was mostly slapstick. Even one of the two serious fights turned slapstick at one point, and that was great.Bu's parents were quite appealing too. The other characters I haven't mentioned all seemed like cartoons. But if that's what you like, and I do, no big deal.Gorgeous? Maybe. But I think the title referred to the girl. The film? Very enjoyable.
sendoh15 I love it when Chan goes back to his roots of hong Kong action, comedy flicks. There's more rawness and freedom of doing amazing and stylistic action sequences. This one's no different, apart from a little bit more of romance going on. The fight scenes are orchestrated brilliantly, specially a one on one clean but ass kicking match with a smaller opponent.Expect no less from the master himself. Definitely one of the rare stars that has lasted and hope to last even more. Jackie's proved himself over and over and he deserves every bit of respect and credit. For the movie itself, just enjoy,