SCMP - 2026-10-27 08:15:07 - Edmund Lee
We Are Born Good review: Chung Suet-ying, Yeung Wai-lun have beef in dark comedy drama
3.5/5 stars
It is a deliciously metafictional irony that the vendetta in We Are Born Good ignites because a protagonist refuses to eat beef. Playing like a gentler Hong Kong reimagination of the Netflix series Beef, the film charts how a petty argument between two strangers spirals into a life-altering feud.
Beyond this shared premise, audiences will find an entertaining and almost cathartic comedy of errors, trading the race and class hostilities of its American counterpart for an intimately...