Stephen Chow is the Handsome Tricky Master, a fellow who uses cartoonish gags to, for example, drive a man seeking a divorce crazy, so his wife can have him institutionalized. Meanwhile, Rosamund Kwan is a clerk at a big construction firm and dating Andy Lau. He doesn't know she is the daughter of the company's owner, working under a pseudonym to learn the business. However, her best friend Chingmy Yau does, and so does Waise Lee. To sabotage their romance, and to get his hands on Miss Kwan and the fortune, Lee hires Chow. Chow convinces Lau and his father, Jing Wong, that he is Wong's brother. Chow works at sabotaging Lau in the company.

It's all very funny, as Chow does a bunch of crazy stuff throughout. Miss Yau is a fit comedienne to go up against him, Wong is very funny in an evening gown, and Lau is the stalwart innocent. Full of the sort of gags that Western audiences know Chow for , his anything-for-a-gag shtick kept me smiling throughout.

30 years after this movie was released, I finally had a chance to sit down to watch "Tricky Brains" (aka "Jing goo juen ga"). And let me just be the first to say that I had definitely been missing out on something.

This was without a doubt one of the funniest of Stephen Chow movies that I have seen in a long, long time. And given my fascination with the Hong Kong cinema, it was odd, somehow, that this movie had eluded me until now.

The storyline told in "Tricky Brains" was a very enjoyable and funny one, and the cast in the movie definitely helped to spruce up the movie quite a lot. I mean, aside from Stephen Chow, then the movie also boasts talents like Andy Lau, Rosamund Kwan, Chingmy Yau and Man-Tat Ng. So if you are familiar with Hong Kong cinema, then you are in for a treat of a heap of familiar faces putting on very funny performances.

I will say that the laughs were many and frequent throughout the course of "Tricky Brains". And the comedy used throughout the movie is the type of comedy that will have you bursting out laughing loudly. So this was definitely an archetypical Stephen Chow movie in every sense of that meaning.

For a movie that is 30 years old, I will say that "Tricky Brains" definitely still keeps up and is very watchable even after three decades. If you haven't already seen "Tricky Brains", and if you get the chance to do so, do it! This is a movie that I can highly recommend that you sit down to watch.

My rating of the 1991 Hong Kong comedy settles on a well-deserved eight out of ten stars.

TRICKY BRAINS is yet another Stephen Chow comedy from his most prolific period. This time around he plays a prankster called in to play a lengthy and laborious trick on businessman Andy Lau by his underhand rival Waise Lee. Much hijinks and bizarre, goofball comedy ensue, with Chow's regular co-stars appearing throughout. Wong Jing writes and directs this one and brings his usual level of wacky inventiveness to the story, and Lau is excellent in the straight man role. Good female support from Chingamy Yau and Rosamund Kwan adds to the fun, too, and there's nary a dull moment throughout. Fun!