Love on a Diet
Why this pick
Reunites Sammi Cheng and Andy Lau for another buoyant Hong Kong romantic comedy, pairing broad workplace-adjacent humor with sincere, vulnerable romance and a brisk, colorful early-2000s style.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
Why this pick
Reunites Sammi Cheng and Andy Lau for another buoyant Hong Kong romantic comedy, pairing broad workplace-adjacent humor with sincere, vulnerable romance and a brisk, colorful early-2000s style.
Why this pick
A similarly playful Hong Kong rom-com built around an endearingly awkward heroine, lively office-team banter, comic mishaps, and a warm romance that never loses its light touch.
Why this pick
It shares the era’s fizzy romantic-comedy momentum, a memorable unconventional heroine, escalating comic situations, and an unexpectedly tender emotional core.
Why this pick
A warm, fast-moving workplace-adjacent romantic comedy with supportive female chemistry, identity-driven comic complications, and a kind-hearted payoff rather than cynical dating humor.
Why this pick
Its early-2000s workplace setting, post-breakup reset, witty female perspective, and optimistic romantic rhythm make it a close tonal companion without repeating the same story.
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01 / THE STORY
Kinki Kwok (Sammi Cheng) is a somewhat scatter-brained office worker at an electronics firm, who is down on her luck with love. Her boyfriend, Dan (Gabriel Harrison), cheats on her and treats her like a doormat. She is given to fits of pathology cleaning under emotional stress. Her workplace is full of gossip-mongers perpetually looking to shirk work.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
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