Product Details

• Actors: Lin Chun Gu, Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng, Lam Ka-tung, Hui Siu-hung
• Directors: Johnny To
• Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Cantonese
• Subtitles: Chinese, English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.55:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Tai Seng
• DVD Release Date: March 15, 2005
• Run Time: 98 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00077BOEC
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #93,189 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Studio: Tai Seng Entertainment Release Date: 03/15/2005 Run time: 98 minutes

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Love between thieves, April 17, 2005

By	Pippa Lee (Honolulu, HI USA) - See all my reviews

After the charming "Needing You", Director Johnnie To and pop stars Andy Lau and Sammi Cheng team again in "Yesterday Once More." In "Yesterday Once More", Andy Lau and Sammi Cheng play Mr. and Mrs. Do, a rich couple that indulge in their kleptomania by stealing expensive bottles of wines and jewelry. On what appears to be a whim, Mr. Do divorces his wife. Two years later, she is engaged to marry Steve. However, Steve's mother suspects that Mrs. Do is after her son for the family jewelry. And she is right. Mrs. Do plots to steal the heirloom necklace but it is her ex-husband who steals the precious piece from right under their noses. For the rest of the movie Mrs. Do tries to find out where her ex-husband has hidden the necklace and why he divorced her in the first place. Andy Lau and Sammi Cheng are great but the movie suffers from one too many scenes that although show that Mr. and Mrs. Do belong together, they are there just to show off the locations and do little to help move the story along.
I bought this DVD under the impression that it was a comedy. And it was so for about 3/4 of the movie. However, when I got to the ending, my first reaction was: Wait! Wait a minute, what happened here just now? I'm not going to give away the ending but as Andy Lau's character says, "Guessing and being sure are not the same." So, if you don't like the ending, it is still vague enough to open a door to a different interpretation. And as for me, I like to think that there is one thing for sure: what Mr. Do did, he did for love to his ex-wife.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not A Very Enjoyable Asian Romantic Comedy!, August 31, 2007

By	Ernest Jagger (Culver City, California) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Director Johnny To has done much better films. I am always on the lookout for good Asian comedies, be they romantic, horror, samurai, action, or whatever. There are too few Asian comedies that get to the USA, and many that I have in my collection have been through happenstance. This is not one of them. I originally purchased the film because a neighbor of mine who watched it told me that "Yesterday Once More," was a good romantic comedy; however, it is not a good comedy or a very enjoyable one. That is not to say that others will not find something in the film that will appeal to them. As for me, this is one film that will be collecting dust in my garage.

It's not that this is a bad comedy, its just that it is not a very good one. The film has been described here at length by a few reviewers, therefore, I will not rehash what has already been written. But there are a few observations I would like to comment on about this particular film. The first one is that I never thought the premise of the film was very good: Two divorced kleptomaniacs still going about their stealing, while still having a secret love for each other. Further, Andy Lau and Sammi Cheng just don't seem to mesh very well in this particular film. Certainly not like their film "Needing You."

Plus, I thought it was silly to have the character Steve, who portrays a mamma's boy, in the film. I did not find his or his mothers antics funny at all. NO, this was not an enjoyable film. At least to me. Plus, the film is all over the place. The viewer gets location shots from Italy, to HK. There is never any comedic suspense in the film either. If you're going to do a film which is both a comedic action film where stealing is one of the main themes, then make the action good and the comedic elements funny! This film had neither good action, nor laugh out loud funniness. I believe comedy is a personal thing---what may make me laugh may not necessarily make you laugh, and vice-versa. Therefore, while I do not recommend the film, you must make your own decision. For me, the film was not good.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Love Stuff, January 11, 2006

By	Lee Armstrong (Winterville, NC United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

"Yesterday Once More" is a film that I really liked. Hong Kong director Johnny To gives Andy Lau the chance to perform in an amazing role and performance. Lau has starred in over 60 films and probably should be a household name in the U.S. too. I really enjoyed "Fulltime Killer," and this film gives him a chance to show quite a different side of his acting talents. He starts as a kind of double-o-seven rich playboy who steals for kicks. Highly intelligent, he pulls a rich heist with his wife who apparently tries to double-deal him. He divorces her but does not stop loving her. As Mrs. Do, Sammi Cheung is an attractive vivacious, somewhat emotionally vacuous, playgirl thief. When she announces her engagement to Steve, a deadheaded young man in search of a personality, she does so just to steal the family jewels -- and we're talking diamonds. This brings her ex-husband Andy Lau into play that devises an elaborate heist, all done with the objective of finding out whether his wife really loves him. What I most connected with in the film is the tremendous sense of love that the husband conveys for his wife, amidst a menagerie of entertainingly wild characters and absurd plot points about thieves. Watch the film for the 007 motif, enjoy its comedy, but ultimately prepare for the emotional wallop of some great love stuff. This is kind of like the Hong Kong version of "Mr. & Mrs. Smith." Enjoy!