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My Darling Genie

My Darling Genie

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 11, 1984

Runtime

1h 28m

Genres

Comedy, Fantasy

User Score

55%

Original Title

我愛神仙遮

Production Companies

Shaw Brothers

Director

Yang Chuan

Description

Out of the Shaw Brothers vaults comes My Darling Genie, an amiable early-eighties comedy starring the enchanting Cherie Chung. Derek Yee is Cheng, a brusque construction worker who discovers a magical umbrella on a routine dig. When the umbrella is opened and sprinkled with water, a 200 year-old genie arrives to grant the owner's wishes. As if that weren't enough, this genie happens to look like Cherie Chung! Cheng has been given a virtual ticket to Heaven, but he's more annoyed than grateful, and uses the Genie to perform mostly menial tasks.