''The Midas Touch'' is a 2013 Hong Kong

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by Andrew Fung and starring

Chapman To Chapman To (, born 8 June 1972), born Edward Ng Cheuk-cheung (), is a Hong Kong-Taiwanese actor. He is best known for his roles in films such as ''Infernal Affairs'' and ''Initial D (film), Initial D''. He is also the founder of his own multimedia ...

and

Charlene Choi Charlene Choi Tsoek-jin ( zh, link=no, t=蔡卓妍; born 22 November 1982) is a Hong Kong and Canadian actress and singer. She is a member of Hong Kong pop duo Twins (group), Twins, along with Gillian Chung. Early life Choi was born in Vancouv ...

as talent managers.

Plot

Successful debt collector Chiu takes pity on a group of wannabe pop starlets when he goes to collect from the agency they are signed with. Naively thinking that he can do a better job in launching their careers, Chiu takes over the company in lieu of the debt but starts to realize he may have overextended himself. Hoping that things might change with a strategic approach, he hires experienced talent manager Suen but with money running low and the company on the brink of bankruptcy, a dejected Chiu is soon ready to admit that his Midas touch has run out until a Korean showbiz entity expresses interest in the girls. Now Chiu has to decide whether he is willing to say goodbye to his investment and, more importantly, to a dream he has come close to achieving.

Cast

as Mak Chiu (麥超) *

as Suen Mei-mei (孫美美) *Gao Yunxiang as J-Dragon (劍龍) *Christie Chen as Peggy (沛堅) *Alice Li as Nancy (楠楠) *Una Xie as Dodo (杜頌) *Jie Zhuang as Marilyn (瑪莉蓮) *

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as River (淼淼) *Angela Hui as Mona (白日夢) *Jennifer Zhang as Flora (阿花) *

Deep Ng Deep Ng is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor. He is the winner of the 21st annual New Talent Singing Awards Hong Kong Regional Finals. Deep was well received by the viewers since the New Talent Singing Awards in 2002. His first EP ''Deep' ...

as Beefy (牛河) *Johnny Choi as Fries (薯條) *Ryan Lam as Toast (多士) *Masaki Heung as Salad (沙律) *Jenny Lau as Winky (陳詠)

Special appearance

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as Gibson *

Gillian Chung Gillian Chung Ka-lai (born Chung Tik-shan, 21 January 1981), known by her stage name Chung Yan-tung, is a Hong Kong actress and singer. She is a member of the Cantopop duo Twins (group), Twins, along with Charlene Choi. Early life Chung was bo ...

as Chinese-Korean policewoman *

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as Nancy's brother *

Hins Cheung Cheung King Hin (; born February 1, 1981), commonly known as Hins Cheung, is a Chinese singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, chef, and businessman based in Hong Kong. He made his debut in 2001 with the studio album ''Hins' First.'' He has ...

as Robber *

Lo Hoi-pang Lo Hoi-pang (born 21 December 1941) is a Hong Kong people, Hong Kong actor and singer. Lo attended TVB's Training Classes in 1973. Among his classmates are Chow Yun-fat and Ng Man-tat. Lo won the 2012 31st Hong Kong Film Awards for the Best S ...

as Boss Chow (周老闆) *

Yumiko Cheng Yumiko Cheng (born 6 September 1981) is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress. Cheng was given the Japanese nickname "Yumiko" by her friends in secondary school, and upon signing with EEG, adopted it as her official stagename.Tran, JennyYumiko ...

as Tina *

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as Keung (阿強) *

Louis Cheung Louis Cheung (; born 11 January 1980) is a Hong Kong singer, songwriter, and actor. He is an alumnus of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, majoring in acting. His first play was in 1997, and he has performed in a total of more than 20 ...

as Model agency boss *

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as Master Rain (雨雲大師) *Eric Kwok as Director * Steven Cheung as Director David Tam (譚大衛) *

Vincy Chan Chan Ka Yan (born 16 October 1982), better known as Vincy Chan is a Hong Kong-Singaporean Cantopop singer. She began her singing career after winning 1st runner up at the 2005 New Talent Singing Awards and has since been signed with Emperor Ente ...

as PR lady *Tyson Chak as Ben *Lam Chak-kwan as Master of variety *Ma Yuk-sing as Action choreographer *Mani Fok as Mani * Law Chi-leung as Tony *

Derek Kwok Derek Kwok Chi-kin (, born 10 October 1976) is a Hong Kong film director and screenwriter. He won the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards for Best New Director with his film ''The Moss''. Filmography Director *2007 ''The Pye-Dog'' *2008 ''The Moss'' ...

as Peter *

Law Wing-cheung Law Wing-Cheong (born 26 June 1966), also known as Vincent Lo, is a Hong Kong film editor, an assistant director, film director, and actor. He is best known for collaborating as an associate director for films made by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai o ...

as Film workshop boss *

Nicholas Tse Nicholas Tse Ting-fung (born 29 August 1980) is a Hong Kong actor, singer, songwriter, martial artist, entrepreneur and TV chef.EEGmusic.EEGmusic." ''Nicolas Tse profile.'' Retrieved on 22 April 2008. Tse debuted as a singer in 1996 before shif ...

as himself

Critical response

Andrew Chan of the

Film Critics Circle of Australia The Film Critics Circle of Australia (FCCA) is an association of cinema critics and reviewers. It includes journalists in "media, television, major national and state papers, radio, national and state, online and freelance writers, Australian ...

writes, "There is also not enough laugh out loud moments for the film to be a comedy and when it tries for dramatic effects, it feels rather odd."

References

2013 films Hong Kong comedy films 2013 comedy films 2010s Cantonese-language films Films set in Hong Kong Films shot in Hong Kong 2010s Hong Kong films {{2010s-HongKong-film-stub