Compared with the highly anticipated Spring Festival movies such as "Flying Life" and "Hot", although "Twenty Articles" is a Chinese New Year film directed by Zhang Yimou, it is inconspicuous.
After all, its theme is not family fun, and it is not popular during the Spring Festival. After the release of the movie, both word-of-mouth and box office performance achieved a huge turnaround, once again proving how unique Mr. Zhang Yimou's vision is.
The film has received a very good reputation so far. Many people expressed their willingness to go to the cinema**, which made many people who sang about the movie slap themselves in the face.
What is unique about this movie that has made people who have seen it unanimously praised? Can you win the Spring Festival box office champion?
The cast is eye-catching.
"Twenty Articles" is a comedy film directed by Zhang Yimou, but its core is very positive and thought-provoking, and the actors it works with are also very good.
Director Zhang Yimou did not cultivate new girls in the movie this time, but invited some stars with a good reputation in the entertainment industry to participate in the movie.
Before the release of the movie, the film promoted Zhao Liying's performance clips, which made people marvel at Zhao Liying's continuous improvement of superb acting skills again.
Although Zhao Liying has a very cute baby face and is more suitable for playing some cute and beautiful female roles, she bravely challenged herself in the movie this time and played a thin and lonely deaf-mute mother.
Although Zhao Liying's performance highlights were praised by people, they did not play a great positive role in the promotion of the movie. Even many fans of Zhao Liying are very dissatisfied because her appearance in the movie is too short.
It is also believed that although the tone of the film is comedy, it is a sad story at its core. Even with the presence of acclaimed comedian Ma Li, it's not the right time for the Chinese New Year**.
Although Lei Jiayin, the male protagonist in the play, has received high praise for his acting skills, he is not a star with his own traffic, and he is not very popular for movies. For a variety of reasons, everyone thought that the film might be a dismal box office.
After the TV movie aired, it proved that when a group of good actors come together, an excellent movie will definitely be presented to the audience.
The content of the film is thought-provoking.
The title of the film, Article 20, corresponds to the legal interpretation and definition of justifiable defense in Article 20 of the Criminal Law, and the content of the film also revolves around justifiable defense.
Han Ming, a prosecutor played by Lei Jiayin, is in trouble because of a case. The protagonist of the case is Wang Yongqiang, an honest villager. This honest man all his life caused a ** case because of his resistance.
After understanding the incident, how to make a legal judgment against Wang Yongqiang has become a very tangled matter for Han Ming. In this matter, Han Ming also had a conflict with Lu Lingling, played by his partner Gao Ye. Contradiction.
Just as Han Ming was in trouble, his family was also in trouble. His son beat the son of the school leader because of his bravery, causing a strong displeasure from the school leader.
When his wife dealt with the matter, he had a conflict with the school leaders, and his son's future suddenly became uncertain. These events prompted Han Ming to think about the meaning of legitimate defense.
As a positive film, all the problems in the film are finally solved and justice is served. After watching the film, the audience's frustration was swept away, but they also fell into deep thought.
That's exactly what the film wants to convey to people. When we are treated unjustly in our daily lives, when we want to resist but fear that we will suffer greater retribution, should we learn to use the law? Rights?
The delicate performances of the actors in the play immerse the audience in the plot. As the plot progresses, they either cry or laugh, empathizing with the characters.
Excellent director, excellent actors.
It's hard to make a movie with a serious core like "Twenty Articles" very interesting, but Zhang Yimou, as an experienced director, has done such a difficult thing.
Zhang Yimou cleverly inserted many very interesting clips in the movie, which made people smile when they were **, diluting the frustration caused by the depressing plot.
In the play, Ma Li is more responsible for making the audience laugh. As a very good comedian, Ma Li knows how to interpret these hilarious scenes naturally.
She portrays a mother who loves her children from the bottom of her heart and hopes that her children can have a good future, but she is unwilling to let her children's dignity be insulted.
Another actor who plays the role of a mother in the movie is Zhao Liying. She plays Hao Xiuping, Wang Yongqiang's wife, a hearing-impaired mother who is bullied and has a disabled daughter.
In order to match the characters in the play, Zhao Liying changed her previous fair-skinned and beautiful appearance. In the movie, her hair is messy, her face is dark, and her thin body seems to have been blown down by a gust of wind.
It is such a role that will unconsciously arouse the audience's love for her, making people forget that she is just a character to perform, but feel that this person really exists around us.
When Hao Xiuping stood on a tall building in despair in the movie, all the people who watched the movie raised their hearts and hoped that this kind person would be safe and sound.
The reason why this character is so emotionally gripping is because Zhao Liying's perfect interpretation of her makes the audience truly feel the charm of this character.
What's more interesting about this movie is that you can see a lot of familiar faces here, and a lot of the supporting characters in the movie will make people shine.
For example, the village tyrant who hurt Wang Yongqiang's family was played by Li Hongwei, an unlucky guy who was once killed by a frozen fish in a storm.
As soon as this character appeared, many people felt that he was a downright bad guy, and everyone applauded his death. That's the unique charm of this character.
Moreover, there are many actors who have participated in the movie "Whirlwind". Gao Ye, who plays Lu Lingling in the play, was the beautiful gangster sister-in-law in "Whirlwind".
The school leader who relied on his high position to help his son bully others was Zhang Yi, who played the role of Jinghai's only pure white jasmine in "Hurricane".
Although he plays the villain this time, Zhang Yi's acting skills are still amazing, making it impossible to connect the school leaders in the play with the once upright police officer.
After seeing the familiar actors, the audience was amazed by the ruthless vision of director Zhang Yimou's casting. Each of these actors fits their role very well and presents the role perfectly.
Today, Mr. Zhang Yimou is 76 years old, but he still strives for excellence and hard work in making movies in order to make an excellent movie.
Moreover, the energetic teacher Zhang also participated in the design of the Spring Festival Gala dance program "Extraordinary" in his free time for filming. People can't help but sigh that Mr. Zhang Yimou is really a model in the industry.
You must know that the competition in the Spring Festival movies this time is fierce, and all kinds of movies in the same period are also very good, each with its own characteristics.
When the box office of the movie was ** before, everyone was not very optimistic about the movie "Twenty Articles", and felt that it could not become a dark horse in the Spring Festival movies.
Some even think that the film is on the wrong schedule. If it weren't for a highly competitive period like the Spring Festival, the box office would be better.
In the face of everyone's negative evaluation, this movie turned the situation around and proved with its own strength that as long as the content of the movie is good enough, no matter when it is released, it will earn enough box office.
The current Spring Festival film season has just begun, and the box office of each film has not yet been finalized. I don't know if the movie "Twenty Articles" can complete the counterattack and successfully become the No. 1 box office.
However, with the excellent quality of this movie, even if it fails to win the first place, the box office will not be dismal. After all, people are always willing to pay for high-quality movies.