# Short of Love > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Short_of_Love > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Short_of_Love.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_of_Love > Source revision: 1341623636 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2009 Hong Kong film by James Yuen This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Short of Love" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Short of Love Directed by James Yuen Written by Dennis Law James Yuen Produced by Patrick Tong Starring Wong Cho-Lam Kate Tsui Race Wong JJ Jia Angelababy Cinematography Choi Sung Fai Ko Chiu-Lam Edited by Azrael Chung Production companies BIG Pictures Hong Kong Star X Media Local Production Distributed by Newport Entertainment Release date 5 June 2009 (2009-06-05) Running time 106 minutes Country Hong Kong Language Cantonese ***Short of Love*** ([Chinese](/source/Chinese_language): 矮仔多情 is a 2009 Hong Kong comedy-romance film directed by James Yuen. ## Plot [Wong Cho-Lam](/source/Wong_Cho-Lam) stars as Jack Lam, a self-employed stock trader who keeps his fortune amidst the 2008 financial tsunami, but loses his gold-digging girlfriend Lily (bikini model [Chrissie Chau](/source/Chrissie_Chau)). Now without a main squeeze, Jack meets the helpful and super-cute Angel ([Angelababy](/source/Angelababy)), who advises him that he should learn to help others instead of just helping himself. The idea is that a revamped, selfless outlook on life will lead Jack to newfound success with love. Jack agrees to become a good guy, whereupon his life does a 180 and he's showered with opportunities for love, Jack does get plenty of chances with the ladies, but everything seems to happen arbitrarily and not necessarily because he turns over a new leaf.... ## Cast - [Wong Cho-lam](/source/Wong_Cho-lam) - Jack Lam - [Kate Tsui](/source/Kate_Tsui) - Scar Sandy - [Race Wong](/source/Race_Wong) - Christy - [JJ Jia](/source/JJ_Jia) - Caca - [Angelababy](/source/Angelababy) - Angel - [Chrissie Chau](/source/Chrissie_Chau) - Lily - Lee Man-kwan - [Ella Koon](/source/Ella_Koon) - Jack's Secretary - [Louis Cheung](/source/Louis_Cheung) - Dr. Fung - [Lynn Hung](/source/Lynn_Hung) - Tall Woman - [Cutie Mui](/source/Cutie_Mui) - Blind Foot Massager - Eddie Ng - I Love You Boyz - Night Club Security Guards - [Louis Yuen](/source/Louis_Yuen) - Wah Dee (Spoof of [Andy Lau](/source/Andy_Lau)) ## External links - [*Ngai chai dor ching*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1463188/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - *[Short of Love](http://www.hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=13946&display_set=eng)* at the [Hong Kong Movie Database](/source/Hong_Kong_Movie_Database) - *[Short of Love](http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=10983)* at the [Hong Kong Cinemagic](/source/Hong_Kong_Cinemagic) This article related to a Hong Kong film of the 2000s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:2000s-HongKong-film-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3A2000s-HongKong-film-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:2000s-HongKong-film-stub) This article about a 2000s romantic comedy film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:2000s-romantic-comedy-film-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3A2000s-romantic-comedy-film-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:2000s-romantic-comedy-film-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Short of Love](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_of_Love) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_of_Love?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.