Love on a Diet (2001)

Original title

瘦身男女

Directed by

Wai Ka-fai, Johnnie To

Genre

romantic comedy

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

IIA

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 47 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two formerly slim people who have become obese meet and encourage each other to lose weight. As they go on a diet together, they fall in love.

lightheartedwhimsicalwarmromanticupbeatplayfulsweetbittersweet

What happens

Love on a Diet (Chinese: 瘦身男女 - literally "Slimming Men and Women") is a 2001 Hong Kong romantic comedy film produced and directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai, starring Andy Lau and Sammi Cheng. The film reunites Lau and Cheng, who last paired up in 2000's Needing You.... For their roles, both actors play obese characters and had to wear fatsuits with prosthetic makeup. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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