
The film follows Xu Lai, a former artist whose dreams were dashed when the responsibilities of life set in. With his life now revolving around his wife Cai Bo who is obsessed with having children, the quirks of his eccentric family and his mediocre, ordinary existence, Xu Lai hopes to reconnect with his first love Yang YIi on an upcoming vacation. However, his hopes are dashed when he finds himself wrapped up in a murder investigation that proves truth is often stranger than ... (Full plot summary below)
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The film follows Xu Lai, a former artist whose dreams were dashed when the responsibilities of life set in. With his life now revolving around his wife Cai Bo who is obsessed with having children, the quirks of his eccentric family and his mediocre, ordinary existence, Xu Lai hopes to reconnect with his first love Yang YIi on an upcoming vacation. However, his hopes are dashed when he finds himself wrapped up in a murder investigation that proves truth is often stranger than fiction.
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| Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiThis rollicking crowd-pleaser might just be smart and substantive enough to be one of the year's best. |
| The Straits Times (Singapore)Boon ChanApart from letting audiences play spot-the-Wong-Kar-Wai-reference, the movie also puts viewers in the mood for Cantopop. |
| VarietyMaggie LeeTrading the earlier film’s goofy fish-out-of-water gags for robust action acrobatics and fail-safe family drama, the laffer induces the warm-and-fuzzies as an ode to Hong Kong cinema and its role in mainland Gen-Xers’ sentimental coming of age. |
| South China Morning PostEdmund LeeA full-on homage to the best of Hong Kong pop culture from the 1980s and '90s. |
| The New York TimesHelen T. VerongosPerhaps because it tries too hard to be too many things, the movie loses its punch. |
| User ReviewDiyang QBest Chinese Movie I have ever seen in 5 years |
| User ReviewMaria AA movie that is surprisingly fun and balances very silly humor with genuine sentimentality and sweetness. |
| User ReviewWei GWithout Baoqiang Wang and Bo Huang who were in lost in Thailand, I had concern but I was wrong, a great movie though director tried to put too many elements in and sometimes transition is not smooth... |
| User ReviewAngela LLaughed through out the whole movie! A referenced heaven movie but still enjoyable as heck! |
| User ReviewJesse OSeen at AMC 25 at some autumn afternoon of 2015, with a lot of popcorn with a lot of flavors. |