Cheung Gong 7 hou (2008)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Stephen Chow

Writers:

Stephen Chow (written by) &
Vincent Kok (written by) ...

Release Date:

30 January 2008 (China)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A poor Chinese laborer learns important lessons after his son gets a strange new toy. |

Plot Keywords:

Cartoon Reality Crossover | Little Boy | Bully | School | Brought Back To Life

Cast

Stephen Chow	...	Ti
Min Hun Fung	...	P. E. Teacher
Chi Chung Lam	...	The Boss
Shing-Cheung Lee	...	Mr. Cao
Jiao Xu	...	Dicky
Kitty Zhang Yuqi	...	Miss Yuen

Also Known As:

A Hope (Hong Kong: English title) (working title)
CJ7 (International: English title)
Chang Jiang 7 hao (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Long River 7 (Philippines: English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for language, thematic material, some rude humor and brief smoking.

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:PG | USA:PG | Malaysia:U | UK:PG | Hong Kong:IIA | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Netherlands:6

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia

Trivia:

The title 'Chiang Jang 7 hao' literally means "Yangtze River Steamer 7". Basically a river boat on the Yangtze.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When the Dad is cutting the rotten part of the apple, he is cutting with the wrong side of the knife.

Movie Connections:

References "Poketto monsutâ" (1997)

Soundtrack:

Sunny

A great film for kids and their parents!

Let me start by saying that this film isn't in English so make sure you watch a version dubbed into English if you happen to be watching with children.

Im 41 years old yet this film provoked me into both laughing out aloud and softly shedding a tear or two. It certainly hits the mark. Don't expect anything too sophisticated - this is a simple story told through the eyes of a child.

All of the acting is competent and Jiao Xu steals every scene he's in. CJ7 is adorable and I can only image there will be a soft toy/animatronic on the Asian market by the time you read this.

Well worth the 90mins of your life! 10/10