Recensione di paul_m_haakonsen

The 1984 movie "The Happy Ghost" (aka "Hoi sam gwai") is one of those lighthearted comedies that has a broad appeal, and thus is a movie that is very easily watched and enjoyed.

I happened to watch the 1985 sequel before watching this 1984 first movie, so I had a general idea of what I was in for as I sat down to watch the 1984 movie from writers Clifton Ko, Joe Ma and Bing-cheung Mak.

The storyline in "The Happy Ghost" is an enjoyable one. It is a storyline that has different types of comedy, so there is a good chance of there being something for you to enjoy. But at the same time, the movie actually also has a heart and soul, and a nice enough story to tell. So it is not just all goofy silliness and laughs.

Raymond Pak-Ming Wong plays the role of the happy ghost and he does so quite nicely, because he has that boyish charm to him, while he also have the capabilities of acting and navigating without the comedy genre.

I found "The Happy Ghost" to be a wholeheartedly enjoyable early 1980s comedy. If you are familiar with the Hong Kong cinema from that time, then you know what you are in for here. And "The Happy Ghost" does deliver on that quite well.

My rating of the 1984 "The Happy Ghost" is a six out of ten stars.