The Midas Touch (2013 film)
The Midas Touch | |
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Film poster | |
Traditional | 超級經理人 |
Simplified | 超级经理人 |
Mandarin | Chāo Jí Jīng Lǐ Rén |
Cantonese | Ciu1 Kap1 Ging1 Lei5 Jan4 |
Directed by | Fung Chi Keung |
Produced by | Chan Hing Ka |
Written by | Andrew Fung |
Starring |
Chapman To Charlene Choi |
Music by |
Kwok Wai Leung Law Seung Ching |
Cinematography | Lam Chi Kin |
Edited by | Yau Chi Wai |
Production company |
Emperor Motion Pictures Emperor Film Distribution (Beijing) Emperor (Beijing) Culture Development Letv Pictures |
Distributed by |
Emperor Motion Pictures UA Films |
Release dates |
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Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese |
Budget | HK$20 million [2] |
The Midas Touch is a 2013 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Andrew Fung and starring Chapman To and Charlene Choi as talent managers.
Plot
Successful debt collector Chiu takes pity on a group of wannabe pop starlets when he goes to collect from the agency they are signed with. Naively thinking that he can do a better job in launching their careers, Chiu takes over the company in lieu of the debt but starts to realize he may have bitten off more than he can chew. Hoping that things might change with a strategic approach, he hires experienced talent manager Suen but with money running low and the company on the brink of bankruptcy, a dejected Chiu is soon ready to admit that his Midas touch has run out until a Korean showbiz entity expresses interest in the girls.
Now Chiu has to decide whether he is willing to say goodbye to his investment and, more importantly, to a dream he has come close to achieving.
Cast
- Chapman To as Mak Chiu
- Charlene Choi as Suen Mei Mei
- Gillian Chung
- Wong Cho-lam
- Yumiko Cheng
- He Jiong
- Lo Hoi-pang
- Louis Cheung
- Vincy Chan
- Hins Cheung
- Gao Yunxiang
- Deep Ng
- 6-Wing
- Stephanie Che
- Steven Cheung
- Mani Fok
Critical response
Andrew Chan of the Film Critics Circle of Australia writes, "There is also not enough laugh out loud moments for the film to be a comedy and when it tries for dramatic effects, it feels rather odd."[3]
References
- ↑ "超級經理人(The Midas Touch) - UDPower - UDPower 令你享受生活".
- ↑ "EMP seeks youth gold with Midas Touch".
- ↑ Andrew Chan (12 September 2013). "The Midas Touch". [HK Neo Reviews].