5.9
Grace Unplugged
2013
The Lyricist Wannabe (2024)
March 7, 20241h 50mCN
6.6
7 votes
Overview
Believing that writing Cantopop is her God-given talent, Law Wing-sze decides to make it her lifelong career. But as hard as Sze tries to polish her lyric-writing skills and expand her social circle, nothing seems to go her way. What if there’s a will, but there’s no way?
Director
Norris Wong Yee-LamWriter
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
Cantonese
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Sonatina Film Limited
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CinemaSerf
7.0Though it does labour the joke a little after a while, this is actually quite a fun story about a tenacious young student who is determined to be a lyricist. Despite the fact that her teacher (Pak Hon Chu) claims nobody ever makes money writing songs (he's clearly never heard of Don Black, or Sir Tim Rice or Bernie Taupin!), and the fact that she cannot actually read music, she perseveres. She's not having much luck though - most of her work ends up being "off-melody" - with some quite hilariously double-entendre consequences, but "Sze" (Suet-Ying Chung) is determined. Now it doesn't really he…
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