ReviewYou Are the One film review: modern-day Cinderella story romantic comedy by Patrick Kong stars Carlos Chan, Gladys Li
- A case of mistaken identity that, once resolved, spawns an unlikely love story – that about sums up the storyline of Kong’s latest film, a return to form
- Chan turns in his best performance in years, while Li, in her first leading role, shows she is one to watch
3/5 stars
Since the real-life break-up of his go-to screen couple, Alex Fong Lik-sun and Stephy Tang Lai-yan, who last co-starred in his 2015 film Anniversary , writer-director-producer Patrick Kong Pak-keung has, thankfully, added some welcome diversity to the storylines of his romantic comedies.
There was a time when every film of his was saddled with some elaborate scheme of cheating and enormous cynicism about relationships. After three average films – 2016’s L for Love, L for Lies Too ; 2017’s Never Too late ; and 2018 Lunar New Year offering A Beautiful Moment – Kong has struck the right notes with his latest production.
Typically schizophrenic, You Are the One oscillates between madcap comedy and sentimental romance for its 90-minute duration. It tells the fairy-tale love story of kind working-class girl Bo (Gladys Li Ching-kwan) and callous billionaire Finn (Carlos Chan Ka-lok), a company chief executive.
The first half of this harmlessly diverting film follows the righteous but gullible Bo as she mistakes Finn for the two-timing ex-boyfriend of one of her best pals, now in a coma after a suicide attempt. As Bo and her friends hold Finn captive in the very building to which he has sent thugs to scare away tenants so it can be redeveloped, mildly amusing scenes ensue.