Cantonese: Ngor oi yat luk got
Mandarin: Wo ai yi lu ge
English: I Love A Piece Of Kudzu

Note: The original Chinese title of this film was FUN GOT, LANG YU, CHEK SIU DAU (Kudzu, Mud Carp, and Bean) -- the Chinese names of the three sisters. However, with the success of JUST ONE LOOK (YAT LUK JE or "one stick of sugar cane"), the title was changed.

Luen Yee Hui street market fishmonger Kudzu (Ellen Chan Ar-lun) is tops in her trade but has greater aspirations for her teenage sister, Bean (Siu Suet, aka Elle Choi). Kudzu is the world's biggest fan of popstar Alex To Tak-wai (appearing as himself) and, when her friend Gary (Ronald Cheng Chung-tai) discovers that he has a long lost brother, she believes that the evidence points conclusively to her favorite star. Kudzu's other sister, Mud Carp (Loletta Lee Lai-chun, billed here as Rachel Lee), has studied to be a lawyer and now has a rich fiancee in David (Edmond Leung Hon-man). However, Mud Carp is self-conscious about her deformed leg and is convinced that the family's working class background will not sit well with David's powerful father. To that end, she tells the man that Kudzu runs a salmon business in Canada, forcing her to feign sophistication and an ability to speak English. On top of this, Kudzu is upset to discover that Bean has fallen in love but would be even more furious if she knew that the target of the girl’s affections is a middle-aged butcher (Lui Fong, making his first movie appearance in quite sometime). Meanwhile, famous TV chef Ah Yat (the eternally deadpan Tats Lau Yee-tat) has become a regular customer at Kudzu's stand, and a local delivery boy (Patrick Tang Chi-wang) hopes to become his pupil. First, however, he will have to win the master's respect.

A first rate cast can make a mediocre film more pleasurable than it really has any right to be and that is clearly the case with MARKET'S ROMANCE. Everything about the plot and character arcs is utterly predictable, and the various threads resolve themselves in precisely the manner you expect them to. Law Wai-tak's direction is routine and a conflict that arises in the final third is thoroughly contrived. Thankfully, the cast is personable (particularly Ellen Chan, who is a really energetic and appealing presence here) and the film makes for agreeable, undemanding viewing without wearing out its welcome. A furiously mugging Sherming Yiu Lok-yee and Wong Yat-fei have supporting roles.

Asia Video Publishing #AVPDVD032 (Hong Kong label) Dolby Digital 5.1 Sync Sound Cantonese and Dubbed Mandarin Language Tracks Optional Subtitles in English and Chinese (Traditional or Simplified) 6 Chapters Illustrated in the Menu With (Tiny) Stills Letterboxed (1.80:1) Coded for ALL Regions NTSC Format 79 Minutes Contains no potentially offensive elements

DVD menu courtesy Asia Video Publishing.

MARKET'S ROMANCE is available at Poker Industries.