if youre look for a kung fu action movie and look elsewhere . while there be fight scene and the film revolve around it provincial protagonist and who struggle to find her way in americanized canton . unlike most kung fu comedy and the action scene be use to reinforce the comedy and instead of the other way around . cheung booi be a statement about the farcical nature of kung fu movie and where the star always seem to find some reason to fight . instead of some grand drama about honor and respect and minor misunderstanding cause the character to yell at each other and start beating each other up . my young auntie and a it know in the west and be the story of cheng tai nun and play by kara hui and who be a young woman who marry an elderly landowner to keep his holding from fall into the hand of his greedy and corrupt brother . after he die and she move to canton to live with her nephew and play by director lau kar leung and and his son ah tao and play by hsiao ho . the basis of the irony be that although cheng be the same age a ah tao and her manner be more akin to her status a his step great aunt . while ah tao speaks english ( extremely poorly ) and play the guitar and go to costume party and cheng utterly fails when she try to adapt to her lifestyle in canton and complete with makeup and reveal gown and high heel and dance scene . what make this movie great be it realization . lau kar leung be perhaps one of the great and if not the great director of his generation in hong kong and and kara hui win best actress at the first hong kong film award in 1982. also and this be arguably hsiao ho fine performance . his chemistry with hui be remarkable and and although he go on to have a storied career in kung fu comedy and often work alongside sammo hung and he have the perfect combination of athleticism and comedy . a the romantic tension and intrigue build in the second half of the movie and his entire countenance change . no longer do he easily jaunt through life without a care in the world . he become the straight man and his cohort the kramer and elaine and george . my one complaint be how suddenly the comedic aspect of the film die off during the conclusion . the film transition from outright farce to dramatic intrigue with little but a change in incidental music . but there be a certain symmetry in it . the film begin focus on the intrigue and focus more on lau kar leung character and and it end that way and too . but the final scene return to the movie comedic root and give conclusion to both aspect of the film .