Goodbye Mr Loser

[Drunk Monk]

This is a sleeper PRC indie rom com that I watched for my film column. Came out of nowhere and stole the chicoms' hearts and I get why. It's a parody of Chinese rom come that inevitably becomes a good rom com, so it's meta in that way that china adores. Almost intolerably sentimental, with that deeply imbued worship of self sacrifice, it's a spin on Its a Wonderful Life (Chinese netizens accused it of plagiarizing Peggy Sue got married, but from what little I remember of that film, I wouldn't've said so). There's one lackluster fight scene and an absurd nunchuck song. I was fascinated with its borderline Mo Lei Tuo humor, and it's sappiness while mocking sappiness. It was illuminating regarding Chinese filmgoers so I wasn't bored, but I don't recommended at all.