Wai nei chung ching

A film by Raymond Fung Sai Hung, he has captured a very interesting story about how the young kids growing in Hong Kong. How the Hongkongers have fun with their friends. And how the youngsters fall in love. And how they care about their friends. Lots of in-jokes with a true version of a natural blend of a group of HK Chinese living in a westernized city like Hong Kong, Director Fung has created a very entertaining version of "boys meet girls". As the title suggests, it all comes from the "heart", and why don't we let it go "wild" for a while perhaps. It is "provocative" in every sense of it, but it has that subtle touch with true feelings of how they feel about each other. A first Hong Kong prototype of its own in this genre, perhaps. It is "funny, light-hearted, smart, and hilarious" at times. Director Fung has told a story that has created a NEW TREND in the 1980s: lots of Leslie Cheung most famous songs, lots of laughters, sadness, and in-jokes about boys and girls falling in love. Looking back in 15 years or so, this is still a very entertaining story at all times. Those were happy days.

This 1985 romantic comedy that is laced with drama from director Sai Hung Fung is a movie that I hadn't even heard about before 2020, when I was given a chance to sit down and watch it.

I saw that Leslie Cheung was in the movie, so I had a bit of expectation to the movie actually. But as it turns out, writers Raymond Fung, Clifton Ko and Edward Li had managed to put together a somewhat bland and mediocre storyline. Some aspects made little or no sense, and didn't really help to serve the movie in much of any positive manner.

For a romantic comedy of this type, then "For Your Heart Only" (aka "Wai nei chung ching") was not the most memorable or outstanding of movies. The storyline just lacked that particular spark to it. It felt like director Sai Hung Fung was trying to accomplish a bit more than what was possible with the script available.

It was nicely enough acted, but the performers were somewhat limited by the lack of a proper script and storyline in my opinion.

While "For Your Heart Only" definitely was watchable, it is hardly a movie that I will be returning to watch a second time, because the storyline just didn't really have that much of a punch to it.

As such, I am rating "For Your Heart Only" a mere five out of ten stars. A very mediocre movie.