This story is about four young women. Their lives and their loves tied together by a common thread --- lingerie.
Miu, Donut, Celine and CC come from four different walks of life. Yet they always seem to hang out at the same place, a sexy lingerie shop where Donut works. Miu works for the Research and Development division of a Lingerie company. She's been an over achiever all her life academically and career-wise, yet possessing a failing grade in romance. She recently moves into the house of her deceased, unmarried old maid of an aunt. In her room she sees glimpses of what could become her future, that of a successful career woman who dies a virgin. Just like her aunt's drawer full of fabulous lingerie and underwear, never to grace the sights of a man to share her life with. This epiphany of hers brings about a resolve to finally find someone to fall in love with for the first time. And with it comes droves of suitors of all shapes and sizes, from a rich playboy, a nerdy genius, a bank manager to a self proclaimed "love expert" Lucas who seems to have ulterior motives behind his pursuit of Miu. She needs to rely on her three close and romantically experienced friends to find her way out of this labyrinth. Yet these three "consultants of love" seem to have hit rough patches of their own.
My comments:
I wanted to watch La Lingerie when I saw the trailer because it's by the same people behind the very fun La Brassiere and hey isn't La Brassiere and La Lingerie look like sister movies? Anyway, I'm a bit disappointed by La Lingerie. It's overly long, it's choppy and all the stories doesn't connect well. But when Wong Yau Nam's character exposes the secret/metaphor of lingerie, it actually made think a bit...
Stephy Tang and Ronald Cheng ending up together is questionable because I didn't see how they develop this supposedly love relationship. He wanted to sleep with her but failed, then later decides to have platonic friendship with her by giving tips how to attract guys and finally out of the blue we learn that they do like each. Huh, did I miss something?! I find JJ Jia and Andy On (who spoke almost non-understandable Cantonese) or even Tsui Tin Yau and Kathy Yuen more interesting and believable. Only JJ and Andy's story gives me a little surprise. I seem to see Wong Cho Lam everywhere lately and gosh, he is so over the top in this movie that is almost unbearable, even though I like this guy!
The selling point of this movie is the actresses (and the movie poster) but they are unimpressive. Stephy Tang is cute and all but I still don't like her although I think she's a better actress than a singer. Janice Man continues to annoy me for unknown reasons. Therefore, the redeeming factors are the guys and the cameos; they are more fun to watch.
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