Comrades, Almost a Love Story (1996)
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"This is not so much a story about people falling in love, but rather of two young hearts trying their best not to fall in love with each other."
ThumbScore
👍 80%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 89%
(RT: 89%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Leon Lai Ming as Lai Siu Gwan
Eric Tsang as Au Yeung Pao
Kristy Yang Gongru as Fong Siu Ting
Christopher Doyle as Jeremy
Joe Cheung Tung-Cho as Yan
Irene Tsu as Rosie Li
Ding Yue as George
Is Comrades, Almost a Love Story good?
Most people think so. 80% audience score, estimated from 186 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 89%.
Overview
Jun arrives in Hong Kong from mainland China, hoping to be able to earn enough money to marry his girlfriend back home. He meets the streetwise Qiao and they become friends. As friendship turns into love, problems develop, and although they seem meant for each other they somehow keep missing out. Wikipedia ↗
