Happy Times

Happy Times

  • Director: Yimou Zhang
  • Writer: Yan Mo,Gai Zi
  • Countries of origin: China
  • Language: Mandarin
  • Release date: December 31, 2000
  • Sound mix: DTS, Dolby Digital, Dolby SR
  • Also known as: Happy Time
  • "Happy Times" is directed by Zhang Yimou , starring Zhao Benshan , Angel , Li Xuejian, etc. The film tells a series of stories about the financially-strapped retired worker Lao Zhao who borrows money to marry a wife. The film was released on December 31, 2000   .

    Details

    • Release date December 31, 2000
    • Filming locations China
    • Production companies Guangxi Film Studio, Xin Huamian Film, Zhuhai Zhenrong Co.

    Box office

    Budget

    $1,900,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $240,093

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $31,084

    Gross worldwide

    $361,000

    Movie reviews

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    • By Alena 2022-04-20 09:02:36

      Alternative happiness in the crowd

      This is a very early drama. I watched it on pps. The picture is not very good. I saw that many people said it was very touching. The days are too busy, busy with the planning of teachers, busy with theoretical training of driver's license, busy with these rushes, tired and tired; but there are also places that attract me, just like Dong Jie and Zhao Benshan standing on the street , When Dong Jie touched the top of Zhao Ben's mountain, the camera lens was slowly zooming out. At this time, there...

    • By Orland 2022-04-19 09:02:58

      happy time

      I couldn't stop crying when I saw the end.
      The last one who recited the letter with overlapping voices was really touching.
      A down-and-out retired bachelor who strives to get married, hoping to have a company he can rely on when he grows old. No one asked him to take much responsibility for that girl. Even after falling out with a fat woman and being beaten by a fat man, he just sat quietly in a fast food restaurant and wrote a letter from a virtual non-existent father to his...

    • By Kathryn 2022-04-19 09:02:58

      Happiness is a shooting star that inadvertently slips through the gloom

      What is happiness? There is no standard answer. It is a feeling that everyone will have in their hearts, and it has nothing to do with personal image of position, reputation, money.
          I remember that there is an article in the high school Chinese textbook called "Reminder of Happiness", which should be able to explain what happiness is. But at that time, the world was still shallow, and there was little life experience, and the perception of happiness was not too deep. Friends and...

    • By Casey 2022-04-19 09:02:58

      Little People's Light

      The cooperation between Zhang Yimou and Zhao Benshan is also Dong Jie's famous work~
      The film as a whole is worth watching. In the first half, I laughed and watched, the combination of Fu Biao and Zhao Benshan, plus the lies concocted by the "Happy Times" hotel, made a lot of wonderful jokes. In the second half, as the hotel lie was slowly discovered by the blind girl with suspicion, the truth was gradually revealed, and finally the words in the tape recorder left by the blind girl without...

    • By Earl 2022-04-19 09:02:58

      happy time, simple life

      If I were a daughter, I would definitely watch this movie with my dad. Let him know that I also understand the little love in ordinary life, let him rest assured, and I also know the little affection under his silent expression. Ordinary life is the most real life, and the more the relative material conditions are not so favorable, the brilliance of some people's humanity is shown.
      In life, try not to talk about money and become tacky; in life, you should pay attention to others, and...

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    • By Jamarcus 2023-09-28 23:03:29

      A warm comedy played by Uncle...

    • By Ellen 2023-09-16 20:53:23

      Dong Jie is so...

    • By Aurore 2023-09-04 02:12:36

      I still like Dong Jie as an...

    • By Deanna 2023-08-21 05:21:58

      At that time, Dong MM was lean and lean...the one with her face facing the sky was also playing a blind girl...but I like it~~Why Zhao Benshan's movies are always not as good as sketches~~~ I always feel that he acts The characters are full of helplessness, but they are not self-deprecating...

    • By Guido 2023-07-31 23:30:54

      It laid the groundwork for the tragedy of the three...

    Movie plot

    The retired worker Lao Xiang fell in love with a fat woman. He wanted to marry the fat woman back home, but the fat woman asked for fifty thousand yuan as the wedding fee when they first met. Lao Zhao promised in person, but because of financial constraints, he begged people to borrow money behind his back. The apprentice, Xiao Fu, gave Lao Zhao an idea to transform an old carriage at the back of the factory into a place for lovers to...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    When the old version of "Happy Times" was celebrated in Beijing, Guangzhou, Dalian and other cities, many viewers reported that the ending of the film was unclear, and the foreign businessmen who purchased its overseas copyright also felt the same. Zhang Yimou summoned the crew to rush back to Dalian to remake the finale 
    The "Happy Times" crew has collected more than 40,000 girls to select the heroine. After each large-scale...
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    Evaluation action

    In "Happy Times", the humor of Lao Zhao, the innocence of the blind girl, the kindness of the apprentice Xiao Fu and others make the film full of warmth, which is also the biggest feature of the film. When the film started shooting, the news of the "Happy Girl Draft" attracted widespread attention, and the new generation of "seeking" girl Angel also became familiar to the audience from this film. However, as a "New Year's film", the...
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