Entertainment in a Glance

Review :
“Look for a Star” has pretty much everything needed for a successful romantic comedy, with megastars Andy Lau and Shu Qi in the lead roles, an experienced director at the helm in the form of Andrew Lau of “Infernal Affairs” fame, and a picturesque setting in Macau. Add to this an impressive supporting cast (not to mention a host of industry cameos) and slick production values, and it’s no surprise that the film delivers exactly as expected, and although undemanding stuff, it makes for sugar coated, feel good genre entertainment.

Lau stars as Sam, the kind of nice guy billionaire who frequently populates the romantic comedy genre, who while on a business trip to Macau runs into Shu Qi’s croupier and nightclub dancer Milan. As is usually the case, she is completely unaware of his identity or his wealth, and so it comes as somewhat of a shock when she finds out, not least since his mother insists that she sign a pre-nuptial agreement before they can get married. Meanwhile, nice guy Sam does his best to set his minions up with partners of their own, guiding chauffeur Tim (Lam Ka Wah, “Invisible Target”) to single mother Shannon (Zhang Xinyi, “The Longest Night in Shanghai”), and career driven secretary Jo (singer Denise Ho) to honest Mainland construction works Lin Jiu (Zhang Hanyu, recently in Feng Xiaogang’s excellent “Assembly”).