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 | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

It's out of this world.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Cartoon Reality Crossover | Construction Worker | Fall From Height | Brought Back To Life | School

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Stephen Chow	...	Ti
Lei Huang	...	Johnny
Kitty Zhang Yuqi	...	Miss Yuen (as Kitty Zhang)
Chi Chung Lam	...	Boss (as Tze Chung Lam)
Shing-Cheung Lee	...	Mr. Cao (as Sheung Ching Lee)
Wen Xue Yao	...	Storm Dragon
Min Hun Fung	...	P. E. Teacher
Yong Hua Han	...	Maggie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cole Barba	...	Johnny (voice)
Tristan Price	...	Dicky (voice: English version)
Jiao Xu	...	Dicky

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 | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia

Trivia:

Xu Jiao, who plays Stephen Chow's son in this movie, is actually a girl.

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:

Spoofs Wo hu cang long (2000)

Soundtrack:

Sunny

Absolutely adorable

I just finished watching this film and just loved it. It's done intelligently very well so an oldie like myself enjoyed it probably as much as children. The little CJ7 character was really adorably creative in it's design and the cgi animations done outstandingly.

Yes, I got out a hankie to wipe my cheeks down from one of the most touching and endearing scenes (even though I had anticipated it coming, but didn't expect I'd get so emotional over it!). Very touching and sweet ... and in a very good way.

The story was well played out with the youngster learning there is more important things in life than his own selfish wants, and his Father had taught him good values of integrity, respect and morals. CJ7's role was akin to a magical subconscious compelling him to do the right thing(s), and that sometimes one makes a choice for an unselfish ultimate sacrifice.

This was, by far, one of the best foreign children's films I've viewed in some while. Set aside the English dubbing and get past that, I recommend this one for a good feeling viewing experience.