Romantic comedies need to fulfill two criteria - provide some romance that the audience can lose themselves in, and to make the whole affair lighthearted enough to have a couple laughs. Don't Go Breaking My Heart does succeed in constructing a romantic triangle and a couple of laughs to go along the way, but as far as being realistic, it is not.
Gao Yuanyuan plays Cheng Zixin, the female in the love triangle along with Louis Koo as Cheung Shen-Ran and Daniel Wu as Fang Qihong. In this world that the movie constructed, Shen-Ran is an affluent CEO of an investment company that operates in the building opposite Zixin. After noticing her on the bus, and seeing her have an incident with her horrible ex, he later tries at work to cheer her up by sticking a smiley face post it note on the window for her to see. This works, and they begin to communicate across buildings visually.
Concurrently, after Zixin's incident on the bus, she was distraught and walked through the streets without noticing her surroundings. Just as a car was about to hit her, Qihong saves her. They part ways, with Qihong continuing to drink his alcohol. Later, Zixin sees him at the supermarket buying alcohol, and she proceeds to give him all her ex's things. After selling those things, Qihong encourages Zixin to spend the money on herself. At the end of their night, Zixin gets Qihong to promise to quit drinking and return to his architectural work.
With this stage set, the movie progresses to develop the relation between the characters. The actors' chemistry works, and situation, while corny, do seem to work. However, it is a little too obvious which guy she should pick, so her indecision makes her a little more unlikable as the movie goes along. The fact that it appears she is seduced by money (one guy buys her a Maserati, an apartment) adds some realism to the movie, but its not what we want to see in a romantic comedy.
There are some comedic bits, particularly with Qihong's interactions with the frog, and with Zixin's boss.
This movie creates a world full of attractive people and money. The men in the movie act like men in the real world (lust, love, etc.) but the young females in the movie except Zixin seem to be a little whorish (easily seduced, seductively dressed).
But, as a romantic comedy, it provides the romance and the comedy.
Gao Yuanyuan plays Cheng Zixin, the female in the love triangle along with Louis Koo as Cheung Shen-Ran and Daniel Wu as Fang Qihong. In this world that the movie constructed, Shen-Ran is an affluent CEO of an investment company that operates in the building opposite Zixin. After noticing her on the bus, and seeing her have an incident with her horrible ex, he later tries at work to cheer her up by sticking a smiley face post it note on the window for her to see. This works, and they begin to communicate across buildings visually.
Concurrently, after Zixin's incident on the bus, she was distraught and walked through the streets without noticing her surroundings. Just as a car was about to hit her, Qihong saves her. They part ways, with Qihong continuing to drink his alcohol. Later, Zixin sees him at the supermarket buying alcohol, and she proceeds to give him all her ex's things. After selling those things, Qihong encourages Zixin to spend the money on herself. At the end of their night, Zixin gets Qihong to promise to quit drinking and return to his architectural work.
With this stage set, the movie progresses to develop the relation between the characters. The actors' chemistry works, and situation, while corny, do seem to work. However, it is a little too obvious which guy she should pick, so her indecision makes her a little more unlikable as the movie goes along. The fact that it appears she is seduced by money (one guy buys her a Maserati, an apartment) adds some realism to the movie, but its not what we want to see in a romantic comedy.
There are some comedic bits, particularly with Qihong's interactions with the frog, and with Zixin's boss.
This movie creates a world full of attractive people and money. The men in the movie act like men in the real world (lust, love, etc.) but the young females in the movie except Zixin seem to be a little whorish (easily seduced, seductively dressed).
But, as a romantic comedy, it provides the romance and the comedy.