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I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change! film review: Wong Cho-lam’s musical comedy adaptation is a winner

3.5/5 stars I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change! marks the film directing debut of Wong Cho-lam, and there couldn’t have been a more fitting project for him to showcase his talent. After all, the Hong Kong comedian provided the lyrics for the stage work on which it is based – local group Windmill Grass Theatre’s popular Cantonese production of playwright Joe DiPietro and composer Jimmy Roberts’ off-Broadway musical hit. Wong Cho-lam on how China’s reform...

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