

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
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.