How long? 21 episWhen & which tv stn? 2007/TVB
Who's in?
Sheren Tang ~ Meng Jia Jia
Michael Tse ~ Joe Fang Yan Zu
Cecilia Yip ~ Hilary Ding Mei Xiang
Derek Kwok ~ Bill Zhuo Jin Biao
Kiki Sheung ~ Cao Mei Er
John Chiang ~ Gao Yong Quan
Kenneth Ma ~ Gan Cheng Jun
Leila Tong ~ Shu Xiao Man
Fala Chen ~ Angela
What's it abt?
Jia Jia, Hilary & Mei Er are 3 good friends who stay at the public housing estate. Jia Jia & Hilary used to compete with each other since sec sch days, and their competiton continues as they fight for the position of the parent committee. Gao sir's sis-in-law Xiao Man returns from the States, and wants to find out about her best friend Yoyo's death. Xiao Man suspects that the 3 housewives are the culprits who indirectly caused Yoyo to commit suicide, and decides to make them speak the truth and creates many problems. Cheng Jun, Yoyo's husband keep speaking good words for the housewives, and later, he and Xiao Man fall for each other.
The 3 friends soon had marriage woes themselves. Jia finds out that her husband Joe likes to cross-dress as woman; Hilary finds out that her husband Bill is close with his boss Angela; Er's husband runs away from home to escape from loansharks, but he keeps a mistress when he's hiding in China.
The housewives of the estate later come up with a co-op to sell things in the neighbourhood. As they face poor business, Xiao Man comes up with an idea for them to take nude pics to promo their co-op. On the other hand, Xiao Man is worried that her missing brother might have been dead, and together with the 3 friends, they find out that the murderer is....
Love & Hates:
Plot-This drama is not purely about the housewives. From the start, they had put in the mystery of Yoyo's death to add the suspense factor. So actually i was quite curious who's the murderer, though it's quite obvious la. Hahaha! But just as you thought xxx is the fella, the last epi gave one last twist to the truth. That was an unexpected twist. Nice one. Haha!
The storyline was rather standard, we all know that the 3 friends would have their own problems with their hubbies, but what was interesting was what caused their marriages to nearly break. For example, Joe cross-dress as woman and danced with his "Super 4" in the club and Hilary kena VD from Bill. I gotta admit the "Super 4" performances are rathering "challenging" as not many ppl cld accept such a concept. Overall, the plot is not too bad, though I didn't like the scenes with the rich and poor housewives competing each time. Personally i thought that this drama wanna glorified housewives la, but i think some situations were not that realistic. Ending epi is as rush as usual....not much kick.
Cast-Thumbs up...I think all of them did pretty well. Sheren and Michael's chemistry were not too bad, glad to see them as a couple after "La Femme Desperado". I thought Michael's performance was bloody good in the cross-dressing scenes. He really looked feminine leh! Sheren's acting was the best when Jia suffers from anxiety problems.
Cecilia Yip's acting was not bad, though i was rather irritated by her character Hilary. Hilary always wanted to return to rich tai-tai status, but finally she had found out what's more impt.
Kiki Sheung... I wanna scold Er stupid as she's afraid of her hubby's mistress..really wanna give that mistress a tight slap. Haha!
Kenneth Ma is not a main character here, but his acting was pretty good, with a good switch from a super nice guy to a man with hidden secrets. I disliked Leila's Xiao Man until she finally become friendly to the housewives. Haha..nice chemistry with Kenneth...and i like their ending.
I was watching "Heart of Greed" at the same time, so I couldnt adjust to Fala's hussy image in this drama...well she really looks different with more make up and nicer dresses.
Themesong- "Ban Bian Tian" by Miriam Yeung. Nice song!
Worth watching?
Wld reco to TVB fans...a light-hearted housewives drama with a littie touch of suspense.
