Bug Me Not

 

Profile

• Movie: Bug Me Not
• Chinese: 虫不知 (Chung buk ji)
• Director: Chi-Leung Law
• Writer: Tony H. Cho, Sin Ling Yeung
• Producer:
• Cinematography:
• Release Date: July 21, 2005
• Runtime: 97 min
• Language: Cantonese
• Country: Hong Kong

Plot

Moon (Isabella Leong) is a bouncy teen who can talk to bugs; she befriends an equally bouncy cartoon ladybug named Coochie. He helps her woo Hyland (Bo-lin Chen), a nervous boy who works across the street selling assorted useless gadgets (a chopstick fan, for example, will help cool your noodles) and whose fear of being touched by anyone has given him lightning-fast reflexes. It turns out they both have "Ultra Power," which they learn about in separate visits to Psychic Park, where an eclectic group of teens hang out under the tutelage of Auntie (Gillian Chung), a mystery woman who looks 20 but claims to be 70.
At Psychic Park we meet: twin girls who read each others' minds; a boy who can see your future when he touches you; another boy with x-ray vision; etc. Some of these powers come with consequences - X-Ray Boy has an enormous nose hair that grows longer the more he uses his special vision, while another boy gets more pimples on his face the higher he jumps.

Cast

• Isabella Leong - Moon
• Bo-lin Chen - Hyland
• Lawrence Cheng - Hyland's pop
• Steven Cheung - Eggy
• Charlene Choi - Sasha
• Gillian Chung - Auntie
• Kenny Kwan - Smarty
• Jan Lamb - Coochie (voice)
• Candy Lo - Moon's mother
• Bingqing Zhou - Pearl
• Yujie Zhou - Jade