The Mermaid

The Mermaid

  • Director: Stephen Chow
  • Writer: Hing-Ka Chan,Stephen Chow,Chi-Keung Fung
  • Countries of origin: China
  • Language: Mandarin
  • Release date: February 8, 2016
  • Sound mix: Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital EX, D-Cinema 96kHz 5.1
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Mei ren yu
  • "The Mermaid" is a romantic comedy produced by China Film Co., Ltd. and Xinghui Overseas Co., Ltd. It is directed and written by Stephen Chow , and starred and starred by Chao Deng , Show Lo , Yuqi Zhang , and Jelly Lin  .
    The film tells the story of the wealthy Mr. Liu falling in love with The Mermaid Shanshan who went to assassinate him in order to save his family , and compose a mermaid love fairy tale story. The film was released simultaneously in Mainland China and Hong Kong on February 8, 2016   .

    Details

    • Release date February 8, 2016
    • Filming locations Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
    • Production companies Alpha Pictures, China Film Group Corporation (CFGC), Hehe (Shanghai) Pictures

    Box office

    Budget

    $60,720,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $3,232,685

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $985,052

    Gross worldwide

    $553,810,228

    Movie reviews

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    • By Vita 2022-12-30 07:19:09

      genius idiot dream

      The first thing that needs to be explained is that every audience who goes to the movies does not have the situation of "owing Xingye movie tickets", even fans who sincerely think that they love Stephen Chow unconditionally. The so-called "collective memory" generated by the memory of watching the "illegality" of Stephen Chow's films, which triggered a series of complexities in the past pirated disc era, is not suitable to be used to watch director Stephen Chow's latest film on the first day of...

    • By Alex 2022-12-27 06:14:13

      serious rant

      Alright, let's be fair. Before watching this, I heard someone say Zhou Xingchi was very dissatisfied with the finished product more than once. Let’s talk about the embarrassing dubbing first. For the role of Ruolan, at first, I was blind to Song Hye Kyo and thought it was Song Hye Kyo trying to squeeze Chinese. Later, I found out that it was not Song Hye Kyo, so it was fucking embarrassing. I don't want to talk about Deng Chao's departure. Then there is the awkward laugh. The laugh is very...

    • By Melyna 2022-12-17 07:10:14

      On the merits of mermaids! bad movie! A failure of a good director and a good actor!

      The casting failed, the female lead's skills are too poor, Deng Chaopin's comedies are all in the same style, the plot is thin, the laughs are weird and boring, and there are inexplicably a lot of big names, and then the only bright spot is that the female second breast is good. Can anyone tell me why I chose the heroine? ? ? ? ? ? It's a failure, can you give the heroine a voiceover? The first half of the plot is simply embarrassing and boring to death! Who can tell me what the purpose of 3D...

    • By Lon 2022-12-17 03:50:18

      rotten, rotten, basically rotten

      Basically rotten.

      Bad characterization: Two protagonists, behaving strangely. The feeling of emotional development is not a matter of course, it basically belongs to the director shouting to the audience with a loudspeaker: "The hero and heroine are going to love each other!" The audience yawned and replied: "Okay, I know...". And the crazy love of the supporting actress, I'm really stumped. It turns out that there is really unprovoked love, and love is so perverted. Rich man,...

    • By Mariela 2022-12-12 03:44:59

      Welcome back to comedy

      After waiting for a long time, I took my parents to see it together. The whole family laughed happily. There were many children in the cinema, and each one laughed exaggeratedly. After I came out, I asked my parents how they felt, and they said it was funny. This is enough. In terms of depth, this one is not as good as Kung Fu and Journey to the West, but it returns to the comedy style of Saturday Xingchi's early years and returns to innocence, and most of the stories in it are innocence. At...

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    • By Daniela 2023-09-28 02:21:03

      The new actor special is out, my God, Deng Chao is very handsome, affectionate, cool, Xiaozhu is so dedicated, Lin Yun is simple and ignorant, Yu Qi is cold and explosive, the last dance is very magical, Xingye is the right actor yes,...

    • By Griffin 2023-09-27 07:16:42

      Too many highlights, not spoilers. As a digression, "Who came to me~" which was popular on Weibo before, Brother Lu Zhengyu has a lot of scenes in it...

    • By Adela 2023-08-07 06:14:51

      It's pretty good, but it doesn't match the trailer and cover image. It's very meaningful. At the beginning, what I thought was convex and concave in the characters, later I thought it should be like this... Some loves of Shanshan and Deng Chao are decided to be together in a few seconds. ....

    • By Loyal 2023-06-30 18:09:12

      A movie with flesh and blood, connotation and laughter ~ Sincere feelings can only be envied if they are...

    • By Jolie 2023-06-22 10:02:33

      Deng Changjiang, who used boredom as humor, and Zhou Xingxing, who was bleak, did a trick to bring back the dead mermaid empire. In addition, star blowers are enough, you are not real star fans at...

    Behind the scenes gags

    The film’s release date on February 8th is 2016 Lunar New Year’s Day, and it is also Chao Deng ’s birthday, and it is also the day when Chao Deng and wife Sun Li received the certification   .
    During the filming, Stephen Chow gave Chao Deng a special wine in 1979 (Chao Deng was born in 1979) , and he also took him to eat a lot of Hong Kong delicacies   .
    Stephen Chow said that Chao Deng is a creative actor. In the filming process,...
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    Audition cast

    The film is to recruit actors through the selection of actors. The selection of actors is the stage of selection from July 31 to August 15, 2014, and registration is made through the Internet   .
    After the online screening, a preliminary selection meeting was held, and telephone interviews were also conducted to select. When the creative team went to select, there were about two or three hundred people left. After that, I classified the...
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    Teaser poster

    On December 6, 2015, the film crew released a teaser poster, announcing "2016, making waves, mermaid invincible"   .
    On January 10, 2016, the film released a trailer for the "Acacia of Fish and Water"   ; on January 22 of the same year, the film released its first production special-"The King of Comedy Training Class"   ; on January 31, the film party released the final trailer   ; On February 2, the film released a director special and...
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    Promotion

    On September 12, 2015, Stephen Chow attended the data release conference of "Arithmetic·The King of Comedy of Chinese Movies" by today's headline and announced the movie's finalized date   . On December 9th of the same year, the film held a "Only You" theme conference in Beijing .   
    On January 18, 2016, the film ""Propaganda song press conference   ; from January 24th to February 3rd of the same year, the film opened a roadshow...
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    Box office revenue

    The film refreshed the pre-sale record of Chinese films, the first day box office of Chinese films, and the single-day box office of Chinese films. It took just 4 days to break through 1 billion, breaking the record of "breaking 1 billion Chinese films at the fastest time" in mainland China's film history, and maintaining a single-day box office of more than 230 million for the first week of a week, setting the box office record for...
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    Positive review

    "The Mermaid" is not only an authentic Zhou's nonsensical comedy, but also a simple love fairy tale, and a fashionable environmental protection teaching material; it has both Hong Kong symbols and down-to-earth characters (Sina Entertainment Review)  .
    The orthodox nature of the film is greater than the stacking of comedy clips, which is why the audience basically does not make people laugh after seeing the film to two thirds. This...
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    Negative review

    The CGI level and setting of the film exudes an atmosphere of cheap and vulgar Edward D. Wood Jr. However, in Chinese commercial films, it has become more and more difficult to see a movie like this, relying on the rich story line and the protagonists to sweep the army, so that the technical aspect is simply not a problem (" "Variety" review)  .
    "The Mermaid" lacks the talent and excitement of the classic Stephen Chow film. It can be...
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    Movie quotes

    • Uncle Rich: [speaking to Liu Xuan] Your self-immolation will illuminate us!

    • Mermaid: [Speaking to Shan] Very flat chested. Like they were run over by a steamroller.

      Shan: [soft fake laugh] Thank you.