Gun dan ba! Zhong liu jun

Baihe Bai lights it up in this delightful rom-com about...dying of cancer(?!). Playing a bubbly comic artist with a not-very-demure personality which lands her in difficulty both professionally and romantically, she unexpectedly collapses one day and is diagnosed with lymphoma. The majority of the film follows her in the hospital as she falls into CGI-laced flights of fancy--ala Scott Pilgrim VS The World--mingles with her friends, and bats eyelashes at her handsome doctor. Somehow, this is not a complete bore.

The pace of the film switches gears often enough to keep things from getting stale. Baihe Bai is a joy to watch in every scene. All of the side characters are brought to life very well. And the sheer quirkiness of the picture keeps you engaged as it veers between our lead hoping that the doctor will need to take her clothes off in the exam room to...Matrix-running up the hospital walls while shooting zombies in the head(???). Let's just say that this is something which could only be dreamed up in Asia! A very good thing!

The jokes usually land quite well and the romance aspect never gets sickly sappy sweet. For a genre which I rarely watch, I thoroughly enjoyed this one. Equal parts silly, sad, and wistful, be ready for an emotional gambit run.