Jia Xiaoling and Li Huanying (Zhang Xiaofei) in 1981.
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Shen Teng Jia Ling played a duet in the film.
Jia Xiaoling and Li Huanying (Liu Jia) in 2001.
Yangcheng Evening News reporter Wang Li
"As long as I can remember, my mother is a middle-aged woman, so I always forget that my mother was once a teenage girl." At the end of the film Hi, Mom, this subtitle on the big screen became the last "tears kill" left by the film for the audience. As a "gift" given by Jia Ling to his mother who died unexpectedly, Hi, Mom touched countless audiences with sincere emotional expression. Netizens have given the film high marks. As of 18: 00 on February 15th, Hi, Mom scored 8.3 in Douban, making him the only "8-point player" in the Spring Festival.
At the same time, the word-of-mouth burst, and the box office of the film also made great strides. According to the data of Lighthouse Professional Edition, the cumulative box office in Hi, Mom exceeded 1 billion yuan on the third day of release, and the single-day box office overtook Detective Chinatown 3 on the fourth day. Judging from the current word of mouth, film arrangement and pre-sale, Hi, Mom is full of stamina, and the total box office may even surpass Detective Chinatown 3 in the future.
Sincere feelings make people cry.
In 2016, Jia Ling performed the sketch Hi, Mom for the first time in the variety show "Comedy Story", which touched many viewers in front of the TV. The sketch tells the story of Jia Ling’s journey back to his mother Li Huanying’s youth and helping her pursue a secret crush. In fact, Jia Ling’s mother’s name is Li Huanying. She died in an accident when Jia Ling was 19 years old. Jia Ling pinned his thoughts on his mother in the sketch. The first half shook the burden, which made people laugh, while the second half was full of sadness that "children want to raise but don’t stay", which made people cry. Yun-peng Yue commented on the sketch at that time: "It’s not scratching you, it’s just slowly stabbing your heart."
After a lapse of five years, Jia Ling adapted the sketch into a film, and acted as the director, screenwriter and starring himself, in order to express his yearning for his mother Li Huanying. Zhang Xiaofei, who played Li Huanying in the sketch, continued to play the same role in the film, and Jia Ling’s role name was changed to Jia Xiaoling. Michael Chen, the leading actor in the sketch, changed his identity in the movie and called Lengte. He and Shen Guanglin, played by Shen Teng, are both original roles in the movie version, and they mainly undertake funny scenes. The story of the film has been more fully adapted on the basis of the continuation of the sketch setting. Jia Xiaoling, who traveled back through time and space, is bent on helping Li Huanying change her destiny and let her have a happier life.
Joined the volleyball team at the age of 18, got married at the age of 20 and became the first person in the factory to buy a TV set … … Li Huanying’s real experience in these realities was put into the script by Jia Ling, bearing her truest feelings for her mother. In Jia Ling’s own words, she said, "I took out my heart and showed it to you." The biggest difference between the film and the sketch is that the ending of the film has been reversed, and this plot can be called a heavy tear gas. A netizen described the ending of the movie version as follows: "You think you already love your mother very much, but your mother loves you more than you think."
Echo the details in place.
The film begins with Jia Xiaoling’s childhood, when she was naughty and had poor grades, she always worried her mother Li Huanying. When she was admitted to college, in order to make her mother have face, Jia Xiaoling forged the admission notice, but soon she was exposed in public at the graduation banquet. Despite this, my mother was not really angry with Jia Xiaoling. After the reconciliation, the mother and daughter rode their bikes home, but unfortunately they were in a car accident on the way. Sad Jia Xiaoling fell to her mother’s bedside and cried, blaming herself for never doing anything to make her happy. At this moment, the crossing happened … …
The opening is less than 10 minutes, but there are many articles. Almost every line and every bridge is paving the way for the story after crossing. For example, Li Huanying did not participate in the volleyball competition, so he missed a "great good thing"; Wang Qin, a worker in the factory, was the first to buy a TV set, and the scenery in the factory was infinite. Back in the past, Jia Xiaoling not only helped Li Huanying grab the TV set, but also participated in the volleyball match with her, and finally "a great good thing" — — The opportunity of blind date with the factory director’s son also fell on Li Huanying. In addition to a large plot, there are some details hidden in the story. When the story turns upside down in the last 15 minutes, the audience will find that those seemingly casual coincidences and not rigorous plots are actually the foreshadowing of Jia Ling’s careful design, and become more stabbing with the unveiling of the final truth.
The "now" in the story happened in 2001, and Jia Xiaoling was 19 years old; Back in the past, Jia Xiaoling was in 1981, the year before she was born. Li Huanying was not married at that time, and she was a worker in a factory blacksmith shop. These time settings correspond to the real experiences of Jia Ling’s mother and daughter. The film is also very realistic in creating the atmosphere of the times. In the factory community in the 1980s, the colors were warm and the atmosphere was lively, and the workers were engaged in production and life with vigor and vitality, full of yearning for the future. Children’s entertainment is rubber-jumping, and adults’ travel tools are "February 28" bicycles. You need TV tickets to buy TV, and you can make your own skirts by pulling a piece of cloth, as well as iron lunch boxes and quilt covers … … The film’s clothing reflects a strong sense of the times. When the music belonging to that era sounded, the audience sitting in the cinema seemed to follow Jia Xiaoling back to the past.
True colors play with their own jokes
As a comedy movie released during the Spring Festival, Hi, Mom made great efforts in the aspect of humor while making warm tears. The cast of the film is properly matched, and a group of comedians with their own jokes gather together, which not only fits the role but also cooperates with each other tactfully, making the whole movie’s jokes natural and balanced.
Shen Teng, who grows on the audience’s jokes, starred in the film first hero. He played Shen Guanglin, the son of the factory director, who pursued Li Huanying with the help of Jia Xiaoling. Shen Teng’s performance this time is still very "clear": organizing the workers in the factory to sing Cantonese songs in chorus, and singing them four times, each time is different; I carefully prepared a box of heart-shaped edamame for Li Huanying, but I failed to show my love. Instead, I let myself have diarrhea, and I was trapped in the boat in the middle of the lake and couldn’t go to the toilet. Painting a red face and wearing army green trousers, they performed a duet on the stage. As a result, Jia Xiaoling tripped and his trousers fell off, revealing the red autumn trousers inside … … As always, Shen Teng’s funny performances have contributed a lot to the film. Michael Chen’s Lengte is a small bludger, seemingly fierce, but in fact he is simple and honest and delicate. He was dragged away in a mess because of his failure to play handsome, squeezed into the cracks with Jia Xiaoling in order to avoid the rain, and recognized Shen Teng’s "Lianqiao". Qiao Shan and Jia Ling, who have been evaluated by netizens for "bumping into each other’s faces" more than once, finally "recognize each other by blood" to play father and daughter this time. When Qiao Shan, who was riding a bicycle with a daisy in his hand, appeared in high spirits, a close-up of his face made the audience tacitly aware without telling the story.
Surprisingly, Jia Ling also invited her master Feng Gong as a guest star. Although the play lasted only a few seconds, when Feng Gong’s iconic line "I miss you so much" came out, there was an atmosphere of the Spring Festival in an instant, which made people feel more cordial and festive.
