Underplayed Gems

Goodbye Mr. Loser (2015)

Goodbye Mr. Loser poster
Original title
夏洛特烦恼
Directed by
Fei Yan, Da-Mo Peng
Genre
comedy film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 44m
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 153 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man who feels like a failure at his high school reunion wakes up back in his teenage years in the late 1990s. He uses the second chance to change his life and become a famous singer.

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What happens

Goodbye Mr. Loser (Chinese: 夏洛特烦恼; pinyin: Xià Luò Tè Fánnǎo) is a 2015 Chinese comedy film directed by Yan Fei and Peng Damo, and starring Shen Teng, Ma Li, Yin Zheng, Wang Zhi, Ai Lun, Tian Yu, Song Yang, Chang Yuan and Li Ping. The film is based on a play of the same name. It was released on 30 September 2015. Starring a cast of largely non-film comedians, the film became an enormous sleeper hit in China and was fueled by explosive word of mouth. The film contains many references to Chinese popular culture in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including cameo appearances and depictions of well-known pop stars of that era. Some celebrities appear as themselves (including Jay Chou as a talent show contestant on The Voice, who performed a song Xia Luo had allegedly written, in reality one that Xia Luo had plagiarized from him), whilst others are depicted through stand-ins (for instance, Miss Na, who talent-spots Xia Luo in the new 1997 timeline). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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