It Had To Be You
2005 · 93 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 162 VOTES · DIR. Maurice Li, Andrew Loo
Overview
Restaurant supervisor Jill (Karena Lam) has a handsome boyfriend Chi On (Wu Bing), but she is just his backup girlfriend. She knows she is the other girl, but her hope for being his one and only has never ceased until he changes his formal girlfriend once again. All her anger goes to her co-worker Jack (Ekin Cheng), who appears to be a womanizer but indeed shares a similar unfortunate romantic situation of being the backup boyfriend of an airhostess. Knowing that both are victims in romantic relationships, Jack and Jill no longer spar with each other and a liking between them start to develop
Dialogue Timeline — 1,102 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:05 LIFE WITHOUT LOVE IS LIKE EATING FRENCH FRIES WITHOUT THE KETCHUP
00:05:50 Men are no match for us women. They spend all their time flirting.
00:08:54 Already nosing around other people's business?
00:11:32 And Daddy turned against his own father to marry Mom...
00:14:32 Of course I am
00:17:57 Hello...
00:21:31 What's the matter?
00:26:06 If someone else praises my food that's fine.
00:28:39 Turns out...
00:31:28 Where's the hospital? Come on, let's go!
00:35:29 Where did I put my keys?
00:38:24 Know what? She's a co-worker
00:44:24 Don't spit it out!
00:47:13 What a coincidence!
00:50:08 Actually, I don't see what's so special about the cook.
00:53:38 Look at him, him, him and him! They're all special.
00:57:13 Of course she will. She'll love it!
01:02:36 And he would buy two hundred of them for me!
01:05:56 Mom, why is dating so painful?
01:09:08 Hurry up!
01:13:41 I'll make you happy forever
01:19:41 I try and hang upside down at least 20 minutes every day.
01:26:46 I bet they won't break up
01:31:11 Ice Mountain on Fire!
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,102
Dialogue density11.8 lines / min
First line00:01:05
Final line01:31:11
Production Record
DirectorMaurice Li, Andrew Loo
LanguageChinese
IMDb votes162