CJ7
by Stephen Chow
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Actor: Stephen ChowDirector: Stephen Chow
Brand: Sony Pictures
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Chinese (Original Language); English (Dubbed); French (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.40:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-08-12
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of CJ7
Movie Review: Pure Fantasy
Summary: 5 Stars
Not many Americans bother to watch foreign language films, but CJ7 is a rare treasure for any age or culture. It is a clear descendant of ET, with a touch of The Little Rascals and the Dead End Kids thrown in. Director Steven Chow (who also stars) presents a view of life seen mostly from the perspective of his son, a 10 year old. Chow plays a poor but hardworking father who struggles to keep his son in a fancy school somewhere in China. The boy faces some tough obstacles, not the least of which is his excessive poverty which causes him to wear clothes that are strictly second rate. His lowly financial status causes him instant conflict with a group of bullies who torment him unmercifully. Through it all he has little more than his father's exhortations to lead the clean and honest life. But the boy does have the support of one of his teachers, a Miss Yuen (Kitty Chang), who is impossibly sweet and breathtaking much along the lines of Miss Crabtree from the Little Rascals of the 1930s. She is there to be his mother surrogate. Life, however, is more demanding than what his father and Miss Yuen can counter. The class bullies plus a totally insensitive and gross male teacher combine to make him miserable. Enter the world of a Spielberg-type fantasy. The boy's father finds a remnant of a flying saucer that when he presents it to his son, turns out to be a cute and fluffy life force, capable of matter transformation. When the boy and his new alien friend interact, the movie begins to shift from one tone to another. There are several truly funny scenes of anti-gravity machinations that defy logic. There are several others that demand that the boy face the harsh reality of bullies who want his new friend for themselves. There are still others that come perilously close to stark death and tragedy that seem out of place in a light comedy. Yet, I see these tonal fluctuations as an integral part of the plot which requires the boy to grow up in a hurry. He must make decisions about how to use his friend, with "use" being the operative word. He must watch his words and promises since words spoken in haste are often a precursor to a crunching reality. And finally, he must recenter himself as to what really counts in his life. The cute and fluffy alien is seen ultimately as no more than a key by which the boy can make some hard choices in a world that promises easy solutions when the only lasting ones are the type that you can fashion yourself out of your inner core. CJ7 is a movie that deftly balances several themes that never manage to go astray. Highly recommended.
Summary of CJ7
Features include:
?MPAA Rating: UNRATED
?Format: DVD
?Runtime: 88 minutes
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