I must say that Fann Wong's sacrifice for this show is really big as she drops her usual glam and composure for a role of 'a man trapped in a woman's body'. I must applaud her for her courage in taking up this role and being 'unglam' with her ahbeng actions, such as sitting up with her legs up on the bench in a skirt, walking in big strides, as well as touching, or rather 'caressing', her own breasts!

The initial part of the movie showed Tanya Chew (Fann) as an elite government officer who is conscious of following the rules. However, the twist in the movie came when Lim Teng Zui (Gurmit) and Tanya exchanged their souls in a traffic accident.

The many characters in the movie each represented a certain type of people in our society. The secretary who asked Tanya to write in to apply for permission switch on the aircon and borrow fans demonstrated the rigidity of those who blindly follow the rules, Moses Lim who had to suck up to the CEO and tries to do what the CEO wants in order to save his own ass (those who try so hard to cover their 'ca-chng'), Tanya?s mother showed the importance of parental love and also Teng Zui's friends who represented the group of people who just lives each day as it is, not upgrading their skills and eventually being phased out due to their lack of certificates and obsolete skills. There were many more which will be too tedious to mention.

Well, there are many lessons for us to learn in this movie and also many values in life which we should really reflect upon, such as filial piety (i.e. just giving your parents money is not enough) and parental love.

Also, the struggles of the less skilled and those holding no certificate to make ends meet and to provide material comfort for their children (ie Teng Zui wanting to buy a piano for his daughter but has no money, so he had to borrow from his friends on pay day) makes us think about what the society really values. Money? Status? Certificates?

In my opinion, 'Just Follow Law' is a stand-out from the other Jack Neo films and definitely on par or even better than 'I Not Stupid', as it needs deeper thinking into the many values injected into the film. Try to catch it if you haven't!

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Thursday, 05 April 2007 - Written by  i watched this show.. not bad. i like "I Not Stupid" also. Reply / Leave A Comment