Three brothers living with their father fib and play pranks to win parental approval for themselves and their romances.
Acting
Stephen Chow's elastic face commits to every humiliation
Direction
Clifton Ko's rapid-fire staging of overlapping deceptions
Writing
Siblings' competing lies spiral into delicious farce
Director
Clifton Ko Chi-Sum
Stephen Chow
Shang Foon
Leslie Cheung
Shang So
Raymond Wong Pak-Ming
Shang Moon
Sandra Ng Kwan-Yu
Ching
Maggie Cheung
Ho Yok 'Holiyok'
Teresa Mo Shun-Kwan
Leung Mo Shang
Sheila Chan Suk-Lan
Sheila
Lee Heung-Kam
Mama Shang
Kwan Hoi-San
Papa Shang
Tommy Wong
Kwong
Chow Chi-Fai
Doctor
Loletta Lee Lai-Chun
Shang Foon's Girlfriend
Clifton Ko Chi-Sum
Sings Karaoke with Ching
San Tak-Kan
Headmaster
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the 'All's Well, End's Well' franchise that became a Lunar New Year box office ritual; this 1992 entry captures Hong Kong cinema at its most commercially confident before the 1997 handover anxiety set in.
Leslie Cheung reportedly took this role as a favor to Clifton Ko and to counterbalance his darker dramatic turns—his willingness to look foolish alongside Chow was considered a major star gesture.
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