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Rating: 5 stars

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Hong Kong screwball comedy high school teacher prank teenagers youtube wedding

All movies seen on 05/19/2025

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To Sir with Troubles (1981)

Directed by Wong Wa-Kei

Comedy

Overview

In the pressure-cooker environment of Hong Kong’s education system, students grapple with a relentless barrage of exams and mind-numbing lectures. The strain becomes so overwhelming that it leads many students down the path of rebellion. Mr. Tai (Lui Wai-hung) is a dedicated, albeit nerdy, high school biology teacher who finds himself with his hands full, contending with a group of troublesome teenagers. These unruly students go to great lengths to make Mr. Tai’s life a living nightmare, often with comically disastrous consequences.  Amidst this chaos, Ye Feng plays the role of the father of the protagonist. He inadvertently gets caught up in the raucous antics and pandemonium that unfold within the school. This film marked Ye Feng’s final appearance in cinema.

Length 90 minutes

Actors

James Yi Lui | Moon Lee | Liu Wai-Hung | David Wu | Lau Si-Hong | Yau Fung | Wai Kin Lam

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

I’m not anti-screwball comedy but mostly find them tedious and unfunny. Takes a really good one to break thru. Sadly this is not one of them. Took me four sittings to get to the end. Only my appreciation for Moon Lee kept me going. She’s fun as one of the HS teens but in her first feature film she’s given very little to do and maybe a couple of lines of dialogue.

Also the version on YT wasn’t easy to watch especially on my phone so it would half way decent. Not sure I’d give this another spin if I did have a better version. It’s a group a teenagers tormenting their teacher over and over leading up to his wedding.

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