The Midas Touch (2013 film)

The Midas Touch

Film poster
Traditional 超級經理人
Simplified 超级经理人
Mandarin Chāo Jí Jīng Lǐ Rén
Cantonese Ciu1 Kap1 Ging1 Lei5 Jan4
Directed by Andrew Fung
Produced by Chan Hing-ka
Screenplay by Andrew Fung
Chan Hing-ka
Ho Miu-kei
Ng Wing-san
Story by Chan Hing-ka
Starring Chapman To
Charlene Choi
Music by Eric Kwok
Ted Lo
Cinematography Lam Chi-kin
Edited by Yau Chi-wai
Production
company
Emperor Motion Pictures
Emperor Film Distribution (Beijing)
Emperor (Beijing) Culture Development
Letv Pictures
Distributed by Emperor Motion Pictures
UA Films
Release dates
  • 5 September 2013 (2013-09-05)[1]
Country Hong Kong
Language Cantonese
Budget HK$20 million [2]

The Midas Touch is a 2013 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Andrew Fung and starring Chapman To and Charlene Choi 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 bitten off more than he can chew. 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

Special appearance

Critical response

Andrew Chan of the Film Critics Circle of Australia 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."[3]

References

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