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Mei ren yu

  • 2016
  • R
  • 1h 34min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
6,2/10
10.657
LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
Yuqi Zhang, Chao Deng, Show Lo, and Yun Lin in Mei ren yu (2016)
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ComedyDramaFantasyRomance

Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaShan, a mermaid, is sent to assassinate Xuan, a developer who threatens the ecosystem of her race, but ends up falling in love with him instead.Shan, a mermaid, is sent to assassinate Xuan, a developer who threatens the ecosystem of her race, but ends up falling in love with him instead.Shan, a mermaid, is sent to assassinate Xuan, a developer who threatens the ecosystem of her race, but ends up falling in love with him instead.

  • Regia
    • Stephen Chow
  • Sceneggiatura
    • Hing-Ka Chan
    • Stephen Chow
    • Chih-Chiang Fung
  • Star
    • Chao Deng
    • Show Lo
    • Yuqi Zhang
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    6,2/10
    10.657
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
    • Regia
      • Stephen Chow
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Hing-Ka Chan
      • Stephen Chow
      • Chih-Chiang Fung
    • Star
      • Chao Deng
      • Show Lo
      • Yuqi Zhang
    • 52Recensioni degli utenti
    • 80Recensioni della critica
    • 69Metascore
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    Chao Deng
    Chao Deng
    • Liu Xuan
    Show Lo
    Show Lo
    • Octopus
    • (as Zhixiang Luo)
    Yuqi Zhang
    Yuqi Zhang
    • Li Ruolan
    Yun Lin
    Yun Lin
    • Shan
    • (as Jelly Lin)
    Hark Tsui
    Hark Tsui
    • Uncle Rich
    • (as Ke Xu)
    Zhang Wen
    Zhang Wen
    • Constable Mr. Mo
    Kris Wu
    Kris Wu
    • Long Jianfei
    • (as Yifan Wu)
    Sheung-ching Lee
    Sheung-ching Lee
    • Constable Mr. Shi
    • (as Shangzheng Li)
    Zhengyu Lu
    Zhengyu Lu
    • Mr. Liao
    Chi Ling Chiu
    Chi Ling Chiu
    • Mermaid Long
    Mei'e Zhang
    • Mermaid
    Linah Matsuoka
    • George's Assistant
    • (as Rina Matsuoka)
    Barbie Liu
    • Mermaid
    Xu Zhen-zhen
    • George's Assistant
    • (as Zhen Zhen Xu)
    White-K
    White-K
    • Museum Visitor
    • (as White-k)
    Lianshun Kong
    • Museum Visitor
    Wilson Chin
    Wilson Chin
    • Mermaid Fat
    • (as Wilson Chin Kwok Wai)
    Tze-Chung Lam
    Tze-Chung Lam
    • Technician
    • (as Lam Tze Chung)
    • Regia
      • Stephen Chow
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Hing-Ka Chan
      • Stephen Chow
      • Chih-Chiang Fung
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    7kluseba

    Quirky Romantic Fantasy Ride with Serious Themes

    The Mermaid, originally released under the title Mei Ren Yu, is a Chinese and Hong Kong fantasy romance that has broken numerous box office records upon release, including biggest opening day and biggest single-day gross in the history of Chinese cinema. A sequel is reported to have completed filming and the usual forgettable American remake is also being planned as of writing this review.

    Two questions are of importance now. Is this movie really worth its hype? No, it isn't since Mei Ren Yu is light years away from being the greatest film coming out of Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China. Is it however a bad movie? No, it's a quite entertaining flick offering ninety-four minutes of quirky popcorn cinema.

    This movie tells the story of a superficial property tycoon whose industries pollute the world. He is surrounded by capitalistic business partners and shallow acquaintances interested in his flashy lifestyle. One day, a young mermaid disguised as a beautiful woman tries to seduce him in order to kill him for torturing her race and destroying their realm. However, the charming mermaid and the lonely businessman start developing sincere romantic feelings for one another and must now defy the influence of their capitalistic partners and vengeful friends.

    There are quite a few positive elements that deserve to be mentioned to describe this film. First of all, the quirky plot comes around as a contemporary fairy tale dealing with real-life challenges such as environmentalism. Up next, this movie also has a strong Chinese identity since it values communistic and socialistic values over ruthless capitalism and extreme economical competition. This film offers a wonderful combination of genres as elements of comedy, fantasy and romance collide. The balance between light-hearted elements such as the love story between the two protagonists and serious issues such as excessive genetic testing is another strength. The extroverted, intense and quirky acting performances blend in wonderfully to portray intriguing characters such as an aggressive and jealous octopus as well as an obsessed and scheming Western scientist.

    As you might have figured out already, this successful movie isn't without a few significant flaws. Despite an entertaining script, the overall plot remains shallow and deals with themes that have been used in cinema from home and abroad time and time again. The exaggerated use of visual special effects is overbearing and gives this movie artificial and lifeless vibes. The use of slapstick comedy isn't as cleverly delivered as in many Western productions and instead has silly, predictable and childish tones. These are also the reasons why this movie might rather appeal to children and young teenagers than to older teenagers and adults.

    At the end of the day, The Mermaid, initially released as Mei Ren Yu, is a fast-paced romantic fantasy movie with meaningful themes, intriguing characters and decent acting performances. This film however suffers from its overbearing visual special effects, shallow plot and childish jokes. This film is recommended to children and young teenagers in particular. Curious older teenagers or adults might want to watch this commercially successful film once on streaming devices but certainly shouldn't aim at purchasing that overall rather shallow movie. There are actually numerous better films of many genres coming out of Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China.
    9ustcwqt

    the Mermaid, a wonderful mixture of comedy, love, science fiction and environment

    Stephen Chow is one of my favorite directors in China, I have seen many wonderful films directed by him like KongFu Hustle, ShaoLin soccer.

    An outstanding characteristic of Chow's film is tricking of comedy ( I don't know how to describe that style accurately).

    However, this film, The Mermaid, is very different compared to the other two mentioned above. To conclude it in a sentence, that is a wonderful mixture of comedy, love, science fiction and environment.

    Environmental protection is heavy point of this film, but unlike many other directors, Stephen Chow shows it in another way, which is love and comedy.

    This film inherit many characteristics in Chow's old films, like 'XiaoQiang' and 'WangCai' and so on. Though Language comedy has intrinsically regional difference, many tricks can be conveyed from the simple actuation.

    Stunts seem to be an fatal drawback of Chinese films, may be investment is the major problem. But stunts in this film is very nice, e.g. the tail of octopus and arresting of the mermaid under water.

    Overall, this is a wonderful movie which will catch heart of a very general range of audience. I strongly recommend it.
    7stmovies

    Well made for China audience

    I started to like Stephen Chow's movies since Shaolin Soccer. In order to maximise my enjoyment, I go for this movie without reading any reviews, especially from those who are always quick to write a review like a book. Anyway, I can trust that a Stephen Chow movie needs no reviews and quality is guaranteed. So being impressed with the poster, I set my hopes high. In order not to spoil anyone's fun, I will not describe the story or details. Generally, one can see that Stephen Chow's aim in this movie is to smash all China's box office and he did it successfully, with some good messages as usual; about love, humanity and environmentally friendly here, filled with romance, comedy, action and even a good old song. What else do you need for a movie to sell well ? Nothing else. For China audience who have not seen too much of Stephen Chow and where people do not have too high demand on artistic values, they are sure to enjoy it very much. For me, I don't like this style of "mo-lei-tao" comedy and I find them too much here. Much of the jokes are also old and predictable, although done in a good way. The male and 2 female leads are good. Most of the other supporting casts are poor. The 2nd male lead just cannot act and his face just don't match the role. Using that great classic HK song from the 80s is obviously to please the Chinese but made the movie less creative. This movie don't deserve any awards unless they give it for the same reasons like Titanic. Overall, I find this movie not as good as his last 4 because it doesn't give me much surprises.
    7Bryan_Roderick

    Goofy and Clever

    Mei Ren Yu

    The Mermaid is written and directed by Steven Chow. I was unaware that going into this movie. To be honest I knew nothing about this movie other than the English title and that it was a Chinese film. You might recognize Steven Chow's earlier work: Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer. I'm beginning to understand why this movie made half a billion US dollars.

    The store is about a group of near humans who want the business that is endangering their homeland to go away. Sound familiar? It's the same premise as Avatar and Furn Gully. Once you get past that it's much different, tonally. This is a goofy comedy that hits it's mark sometimes and on others is just bizarre.

    Lin Yun plays Shan the young, innocent and beautiful mermaid. She's obviously new to acting and her role seemed to be perfect for her. Unknowing of the outside world and how to handle luxury. She wasn't believable in scenes that didn't involve her innocence.

    Chao Deng plays Liu Xuan a wealthy beyond means businessman who endangers the merfolk. He was the best actor in the entire movie and when you look at this track record in China it's not a surprise that he could draw a crowd to see the film.

    Show Luo plays the Octopus-man in the film is and is by far the funniest part of the film. Since it's easier for mermaids to hide among the humans it proves funny and near impossible to hide the fact he's a huge octopus on his lower half.

    The direction of the film is well done and I had been meaning to look up who had directed it since the start of the film. Good direction can make up for some bad acting by supporting characters. Much of the dialogue seems to be lost in translation. I felt that some of the funny parts must be colloquial or maybe my sense of humor is too strict.

    Verdict: Watch if you enjoy foreign films or Steven Chow. The first act is really slow and some of the supporting actors are off. The humor is either really goofy or clever.
    7phoebecl

    Better than I expected

    Nice movie, better than I expected. The film's main message is about saving the environment. Scenes can be quite disturbing as they show real life footage of marine animals like dolphins being caught, sea birds covered in oil and the attack on the merpeople... There was lots of comedic moments throughout the film as expected. Special effects were obviously not as realistic as Hollywood films. Movie storyline started off light-hearted then gradually become grim. Shows how greed can destroy our world. Last few scenes made me cry. Love the way they portrayed the relationship between the mermaid and the guy. 7/10 stars. Several inappropriate scenes not suitable for children.

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      This was the highest-grossing movie in China until Wolf Warrior 2 (2017) dethroned it in August 2017. It was also the first film to gross CN¥3 billion (equivalent to roughly $431.1 million in U.S. dollars).
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      Mermaid: [Speaking to Shan] Very flat chested. Like they were run over by a steamroller.

      Shan: [soft fake laugh] Thank you.

    • Connessioni
      Featured in Half in the Bag: Box Office Number Crunching (2016)
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      Invincible
      Composed & Lyrics by Stephen Chow

      Performed by Chao Deng

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    • Data di uscita
      • 8 febbraio 2016 (Cina)
    • Paese di origine
      • Cina
    • Sito ufficiale
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Lingua
      • Mandarino
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    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • Shenzhen, Guangdong, Cina
    • Aziende produttrici
      • Alpha Pictures
      • China Film Co., Ltd.
      • Hehe (Shanghai) Pictures
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    • Budget
      • 60.720.000 USD (previsto)
    • Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
      • 3.232.685 USD
    • Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
      • 985.052 USD
      • 21 feb 2016
    • Lordo in tutto il mondo
      • 553.810.228 USD
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    • Tempo di esecuzione
      1 ora 34 minuti
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    • Mix di suoni
      • Dolby Atmos
      • Dolby Digital EX
      • D-Cinema 96kHz 5.1
    • Proporzioni
      • 1.90 : 1

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