Ready O/R Knot

2021 1h 44m CN

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7.0

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6.1

IMDB

★7.0TMDB · 6★6.1IMDB · 262

ComedyRomance

Synopsis

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Story follows Guy and Heidi five years into their relationship and faced with a serious dilemma: Whether or not it is time to marry and form a family. They're equally in love, and their relationship is going strong. But while Heidi is ready to settle down and believes that marriage is proof of one’s everlasting love, Guy holds the belief that marrying Heidi will result in him being tied down to a woman that he will one day grow distant from. Heidi consults her girlfriends for advice, and Guy consults the guys. What follows is an outright battle of the sexes, as Heidi plots devious ways of getting pregnant—with marriage as an end goal—as quickly as possible, and Guy schemes up a handful of contraceptive counter-strategies.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Carlos Chan Ka-Lok
Guy
Michelle Wai Si-Nga
Tsang Ho Yee
Tommy Chu Pak-Hong
Grey Bear
Hedwig Tam
Jenny
Sham Ka-Ki
Kin
Renci Yeung
Jessica
Susan Shaw Yam-Yam
Grams
Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu
Jessica's Father

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Anselm Chan Mau-Yin
Writers: Cheng Wai-Kei, Anselm Chan Mau-Yin, Anselm Chan Mau-Yin
Languages: Cantonese
Countries: Hong Kong

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MONEY

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Shot for just $1.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Earned back only 52% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 5 years ago.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Part of the "不日成婚 (系列)" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

AWARDS

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Directed by Anselm Chan Mau-Yin, shot by Noah Wong. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Day Tai. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

AWARDS

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Editor Eric Kwong Chi-Leung shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Carlos Chan Ka-Lok and Michelle Wai Si-Nga and Tommy Chu Pak-Hong carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Anselm Chan Mau-Yin directs. Noah Wong behind the camera. Day Tai scores. Eric Kwong Chi-Leung cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in Hong Kong. Dialogue in Cantonese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $1.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Earned back only 52% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
3Released 5 years ago.
4Part of the "不日成婚 (系列)" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Anselm Chan Mau-Yin, shot by Noah Wong. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Day Tai. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Eric Kwong Chi-Leung shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Carlos Chan Ka-Lok and Michelle Wai Si-Nga and Tommy Chu Pak-Hong carry the top of the cast.
9IMDB entry: tt14387660 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.