Hotel Deluxe | |
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Directed by | Vincent Kok |
Screenplay by | Vincent Kok Anselm Chan Steven Fung Poon Jun Lam |
Produced by | Raymond Wong |
Starring | Ronald Cheng Sandra Ng Teresa Mo Chapman To Raymond Wong Fiona Sit Eric Kot Jim Chim Lynn Hung Karena Ng Min Hun Fung |
Cinematography | Cheung Man Po |
Edited by | Kwong Chi Leung |
Production companies | Pegasus Motion Pictures Sil-Metropole Organisation Le Vision Pictures Hangzhou Tianma Entertainment Shanghai Hehe Entertainment Investment |
Distributed by | Pegasus Motion Pictures |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese |
Box office | $8.4 million[1] |
Hotel Deluxe (百星酒店) is a 2013 Hong Kong comedy film released in commemoration with the Lunar New Year of 2013. The film was directed by Vincent Kok, his thirteenth as a director, and written by him along with Chan Mou Yin Anselm (credited as Anselm Chan), Steven Fung, and Poon Jun Lam. Produced by Raymond Wong, Hotel Deluxe features many of the recurring cast from his All's Well, Ends Well film series.
Set in the fictional "Hundred Stars Hotel" in Hangzhou, the story follows a relatively incompetent staff tasked with retaining the coveted five-star rating, a goal headed by the new executive named Cruella Koo (Teresa Mo).
Hotel Deluxe earned HK$19,469,958 at the Hong Kong box office.[5]
Andrew Chan of the Film Critics Circle of Australia writes, "Hotel Deluxe is really light weight lunar new year entertainment that manages to be decent due to the calibre its experienced cast and crew. "[6] South China Morning Post's Yvonne Teh similarly praised the ensemble cast and their "obvious willingness to do whatever is necessary to get their audience smiling, laughing and in good spirits."[7] In a negative review for MovieXclusive.com, Gabriel Chong criticizes the film as "bland and uninspired", particularly blaming the cast for either appearing too uninterested or overacting.[8]