Fantasia
2004 1h 43m movie Film Hong Kong

Fantasia

鬼馬狂想曲

Synopsis

鬼馬狂想曲

In Hong Kong 1969, private investigation agency boss Man is investigating an extra marital case. With his two employees, the smart looking idiot Kit and the Hong Kong Columbia Radio Night School graduate Pufferfish, he follows the target Lascar Row. The trio stumbles into an antique shop and breaks many antiques in the store. The cheap Man force Kit and Pufferfish to take responsibility. Kit wisely makes Pufferfish take sole responsibility. The dumb Pufferfish helpless buys the pile of shattered antiques with his own money. In the pieces he finds a broken magic lamp…

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The 2003–2005 Hong Kong Window

Fantasia holds position #22 of 50 Hong Kong films in the 2003–2005 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. War and Beauty
    #1

    War and Beauty

    ★ 9.3 · 2004
  2. The Hand
    #2

    The Hand

    ★ 7.3 · 2004
  3. Infernal Affairs II
    #3

    Infernal Affairs II

    ★ 7.2 · 2003
  4. Turn Left, Turn Right
    #4

    Turn Left, Turn Right

    ★ 7.2 · 2003
  5. The Protector
    #5

    The Protector

    ★ 7.1 · 2005
  6. Election
    #6

    Election

    ★ 7.1 · 2005
  7. Lost in Time
    #7

    Lost in Time

    ★ 7.0 · 2003
  8. SPL: Kill Zone
    #8

    SPL: Kill Zone

    ★ 6.9 · 2005

The 2000s Hong Kong Landscape

2004 was the decade’s peak output year for Hong Kong — 20 titles released, including Fantasia. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (146 total).

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 19 other Hong Kong films in 2004.

The 558th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).

Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).

Audience Engagement

12
Reviews
18th
Review-volume percentile
12th
Popularity percentile

12 audience reviews — more than 18% of Hong Kong films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 12th percentile among Hong Kong films.

Reception Benchmarks

6.3
TMDB Rating
12
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #448 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (46th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among Hong Kong Comedy productions specifically: #140 of 266 (top 53%).

Production Details

Primary CountryHong Kong
Original LanguageCantonese
Production CompaniesOne Hundred Years of Film Company, China Star Entertainment, Sil-Metropole Organisation
Runtime1h 43m
Release DateJanuary 15, 2004
IMDbtt0401410