"We may be poor, but we don't lie, we don't steal, and we don't swear...We must study hard so that in the future we can become someone that is useful to the society".
The movie is about a very poor father working very hard to to just survive day by day and to keep his son in School, when they suddenly get an alien creature who the boy names CJ7. Well that is the main plot of it anyway.
This movie tries to do a lot of things, and succeeds in almost everything. I had no idea that it was a sad, lesson giving drama but with some really awesome comedy thrown in. This movie touches poverty, school bullying, rejection, acceptance etc etc all the while being a comedy sci-fi ish flick. I don't know how Stephen Chow does it. Great Actor and Director. Having watched his previous two famous movies, Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle, this certainly felt different from his usual style, but was pretty good nonetheless.
The CGI character CJ7 itself was great. It has got to be one of the cutest CGI creatures I have seen in a long time. The CGI wasn't of Hollywood level, but it was decent.
There were a lot of Stephen Chow weirdness in the movie too, some good, some not so much but it ain't a Stephen chow experience if it ain't weird.
Overall, I had much fun watching this movie, was completely surprised to see how much more it was from what I expected.
7.8/10
The movie is about a very poor father working very hard to to just survive day by day and to keep his son in School, when they suddenly get an alien creature who the boy names CJ7. Well that is the main plot of it anyway.
This movie tries to do a lot of things, and succeeds in almost everything. I had no idea that it was a sad, lesson giving drama but with some really awesome comedy thrown in. This movie touches poverty, school bullying, rejection, acceptance etc etc all the while being a comedy sci-fi ish flick. I don't know how Stephen Chow does it. Great Actor and Director. Having watched his previous two famous movies, Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle, this certainly felt different from his usual style, but was pretty good nonetheless.
The CGI character CJ7 itself was great. It has got to be one of the cutest CGI creatures I have seen in a long time. The CGI wasn't of Hollywood level, but it was decent.
There were a lot of Stephen Chow weirdness in the movie too, some good, some not so much but it ain't a Stephen chow experience if it ain't weird.
Overall, I had much fun watching this movie, was completely surprised to see how much more it was from what I expected.
7.8/10