A young woman who is dreaming and striving to pursue the actors' dream despite being an extra and stand-in.A young woman who is dreaming and striving to pursue the actors' dream despite being an extra and stand-in.A young woman who is dreaming and striving to pursue the actors' dream despite being an extra and stand-in.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 14 nominations total
Jingwen E.
- Rumeng
- (as Jingwen E)
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Stephen Chow never disappoints, this is another of his master piece. Credits to the cast for solid acting, from the main actress Jingwen E to all the supporting casts. The acting was so on point.
Recommended watch for everyone
Recommended watch for everyone
I like Chow's old movies made in Hong Kong. They are all with casting with super new actors, brilliant and logical plot, ultra funny. His school undercover movie series are the most memorable. That are classics for most of the Hong Kong people.
This movie, though still full of funny elements, and again super new actors, however, the plot is not rich enough. The story is too simple and one dimensional.
But by watching his new movies I can have the feel of his old movies. The hairstyle of a knife stick on the hair of the female lead with blood, the male snow white..... All remind me of his past movies. His out of frame thinking and shots are simply amazing. It just stimulate your mind to be more creative.
Not a very successful movie, but still worth seeing.
This movie, though still full of funny elements, and again super new actors, however, the plot is not rich enough. The story is too simple and one dimensional.
But by watching his new movies I can have the feel of his old movies. The hairstyle of a knife stick on the hair of the female lead with blood, the male snow white..... All remind me of his past movies. His out of frame thinking and shots are simply amazing. It just stimulate your mind to be more creative.
Not a very successful movie, but still worth seeing.
Went to the cinema wasn't expecting much. Was pleasantly surprised, really good movie to watch during Chinese new year. Light hearted movie fun for all. Acting was top notch too!
As a English speaking American I didn't think I would find myself here, however I recently rewatched Kung Fu hustle which at that point was the only Chow movie I had seen and decided to go down the Stephen Chow rabbit hole arriving here. Whoever said comedy doesn't translate was wrong because I don't speak mandarin and this movie had me actually laughing. It does depart from Chows typical over the top style but I loved it. This movie had a perfect amount of comedy and drama for me and I'd highly recommend giving it a shot.
Did you know
- TriviaWhen this project was first revealed by media in 2018, Herman Yau was said working as the director of this film. But in all the later promotion materials, including posters and trailers, only credited it's a Stephen Chow's film. When the film finally released, we found that in the end credits, both Stephen Chow and Herman Yau were credited as directors of this film.
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $95,618,308
- Runtime
- 1h 30m(90 min)
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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