You yi ge di fang zhi you wo men zhi dao

Okay, what we got here is about a bunch of Chinese young people traveled, escaped, moved, migrated to one of the European countries trying so hard to re-discover, to rebuild, to rejuvenate, to find and to realize their souls, themselves, their beings, their lives and whatever they thought possible by just going to a foreign country, the only way to achieve such immature whims, by getting out of China, every one of them would then become a totally free new self.

But is it true, or is it possible? The new and rich generation of the Chinese got a very serious identity crisis. when they decide to get married, the brides would ask their bridegroom-to-be to have their weddings in an European castle or an European catholic church, or in a Tuscany, a Provence vineyard. They would prefer drinking a famous brand of red wine from Europe instead of their own Chinese wine. They would insist having a western styled wedding without any trace of their Chinese origin, wearing white wedding gowns, hiring music band to play western romantic music. Everything and anything must be in western style. The Chinese women must have a big diamond ring for their wedding, otherwise they would feel ashamed and lose face. That's the modern day stereotype shallow Chinese young men and women, they don't like being a Chinese, they don't like to use anything Chinese, everything must be either European or American made with a brand name, otherwise, it's garbage and lose face.

This movie is exactly the living example of what i've pointed out as above. Showing a bunch of unrealistic Chinese young men and young women live in Prague. They thought everything there is so romantic. We saw a young woman with broken heart got a letter related to her grand mother, about a romance when her grandmother was in Prague, and of course, a female artist specialized in painting, met a foreign guy and...Well, do i need to keep blabbering on and on? This film is such an unrealistic whim that most Chinese young men and women would like to have. But it's just a wet dream. Why you have to use the European background to have a romance? Why you have to have a romance that you failed to find in China, your hometown, you could find it in Europe? The casting is just like the formulaic crappy screenplay, with a young male actor (a very bad one, untalented, pretentious, extremely unlikable) trying so hard to look like those so-called handsome and cool idolized Korean young male actors but with such a poor and non-exist acting talent. Then we got the leading heroine who also got a very poor acting talent. Then we got the actress/producer/director who played the grandmother and the lover with broken heart, then....whatever.

So when you got the investors lined up at your front door, giving you the money to produce a film; when the budget is not a problem, the money is not an object to be considered, then you have to script a screenplay that would allow you to spend the money in Europe, no matter it's realistic or not, at least the movie's background would be European, so classy, anything else is not important.

This is a very shallow, naive, unrealistic, cosmetically false, and even shameless Chinese movie with fantasy-like screenplay and full of non-talented Chinese young actors. nothing rings true, and nothing looks real, except the money they spent in Prague was genuine.

I watched this movie because I am a fan of Kris Wu (formerly of the Kpop boy band EXO). As far as his acting skills go, all I can write is he isn't the best actor but rather a very pretty face. Which I think is what got him the role and he serves his purpose as a dreamlike fantasy guy/love interest for the main character. Some of his scenes where he has emotional moments are believable and others aren't so much. He's pretty even when it comes to his acting chops. But then again, his role is to look good as the romantic interest, which he does with A+ quality (I happen to think he looks the best when he smiles/with very little makeup and when he's not "brooding"). As for the movie itself, I thought the movie was a typical romcom/romantic drama. Which was good for what it was worth. It's shot really nicely and makes the viewer want to book a trip to Prague (if we had the $$$) in hopes of uncovering our own romantic love story through help from the past like the leading lady does in this film. In the end I think the overall message about this romcom was about healing and letting the past heartaches be put to rest so that we as individuals can move on and enjoy the future. 5/10.

The plot was actually interesting. Well I agree that the story was rather predictable, but I still enjoyed the movie a lot. The only complaint I have is, the movie editing could have done better. The transition between scenes weren't that smooth. But that didn't affect the movie plot, more to technical stuff. The lead actors and actresses' acting were all really good too.

Overall, Somewhere Only We Know was a good movie. Since it was a pure romance movie with a very little of comedic scenes, it is understandable that it's not majority's favorite genre. But for me, I really liked it. The movie didn't make me bored at all. It gave me this fluffy feeling in my heart after I watched it. Lovely! Oh, and the soundtracks were all great too.

Not sure why this has so many negative reviews. I found the movie very touching and sentimental. Was it completely realistic? No, most women don't go to a foreign country and fall into a whirlwind romance with a good looking man but I don't think this movie was meant to be realistic. It was meant to be raw and to touch people about love and not taking what you have for granted, to appreciate people everyday because it may be your last. The story was interesting and sweet, would definitely recommend (especially to chick flick lovers) but have some tissues on hand because I found it to be quite the tearjerker. Both Kris Wu and the female lead's performances were convincing and well done. Overall, a cute story about love and life.

The main reason I went to see this movie was because I was a fan of Wu Yifan, who was the male main lead in this movie. As he has landed his first acting role in this movie, I did not expect as much when it came to his skills. Yifan's role in this needed more... expression. I hope he can improve his skills as more easily-given opportunities come to him (considering he is a celebrity), and is used well.

The chemistry between the main couple was a bit dull. Both actor/actress's role did not give me the strong impression that they were in madly love with each other. The story of the side couple, however, was more interesting. (It actually made me cry)

I enjoyed how there were English subtitles, as there were many non- Chinese audience who went to watch.

Overall, the movie was...I guess you could say...average, and still had a lot of areas to improve, but was a enjoyment to watch in the end.