CJ7

PG

Released Mar 7, 2008

1 hr. 28 min.

Kids & Family

Comedy

Sci-Fi

List

49%

80 Reviews

Tomatometer

53%

10,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

Single father Ti (Stephen Chow) works tirelessly to earn enough money to keep his son, Dicky (Xu Jiao), enrolled in a private school, hoping the education will lead to better career options. Dicky studies diligently, but his threadbare clothing prompts the derision of his affluent classmates, making him feel like an outcast. Unable to purchase an expensive toy Dicky wants, Ti finds a glowing ball in a junkyard and gives it to him. Soon, the orb turns into Dicky's new best friend -- an alien.

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Critics Consensus

Eccentric and sweet, Stephen Chow's latest is charming, but too strangely and slackly plotted to work as a whole.

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Pedro G

Buena película, una gran cinta para chicos/adultos. Esta es una película que veía mucho de chico y al volver a verla me sorprendió para bien en varios aspectos. Es bastante entretenida en todo momento, esta llena de momentos algo bizarros pero geniales, y los efectos especiales acompañan mucho para que todo se vea muy bien. El humor de la película también esta bastante bien, creo que cumple y hay algunas escenas algo graciosas. También tiene una parte algo triste la cual no la recordaba así de fuerte, es una escena algo fuerte en la que se te puede llegar a caer alguna que otra lagrima. Por otro lado, el alienígena se me hizo un personaje genial, es bastante tierno y su diseño me gusta mucho, sirve como un gran compañero para el protagonista y tiene algunos toques de comedia. Las actuaciones son excelentes, principalmente las de Stephen Chow, Xu Jiao y Zhang Yuqi. En conclusión, una cinta muy buena para ver en familia, que es muy fácil de ver debido a su corta duración y a su historia tan entretenida y llena de escenas bizarras y alguna que otra que puede hacerte llorar; además de dejar una gran lección de vida. La recomiendo.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/15/23

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Audience Member

So good. Greatest Movie I've ever seen.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Mat K

not bad . it so funny

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/27/19

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Audience Member

At first I was laughing the crap out of it, now it's uh... weird movie that I'll never see again partially. That is if I decided to revisit it which I'm gonna do right now. t.. Dicky move, right. This reminds me of one those life action movies of Nick shows all over again. But great movie if you have an hour to spare if you out of steam. Oh hey, Dicky has an adult gf

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

this is a much better movie than its scores indicate. it's probably because it's a chinese movie trying to overcome bias against chinese/asian/foreign movies. it's on tv now with subtitles. why? chow's movies usually come dubbed.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

entertaining family movie with this surprise cute character

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Ti

Xu Jiao

Dicky Chow

Yuqi Zhang

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

The writer-director-actor-choreographer Stephen Chow disappoints mightily with CJ7, a dreary follow-up to his witty international hit Kung Fu Hustle.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 6, 2018

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Joshua Rothkopf

Time Out

Rated: 3/5

Nov 16, 2011

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

Metro Newspaper (UK)

Directed by and starring Stephen Chow of Kung Fu Hustle fame, it's definitely one only for the kiddies - those who are prepared to read subtitles. Should be a smash hit, then.

Aug 8, 2008

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Brian D. Johnson

Maclean's Magazine

Personally I found it silly but charming.

Nov 30, 2017

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Kelly Vance

East Bay Express

Has the same moral and thematic contours of E.T. or an old-school Disney animated fable, but with the panache we've come to expect from the creator of Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle

Apr 28, 2011

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Dave White

Movies.com

Rated: 4/5

Apr 4, 2011

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Synopsis

Single father Ti (Stephen Chow) works tirelessly to earn enough money to keep his son, Dicky (Xu Jiao), enrolled in a private school, hoping the education will lead to better career options. Dicky studies diligently, but his threadbare clothing prompts the derision of his affluent classmates, making him feel like an outcast. Unable to purchase an expensive toy Dicky wants, Ti finds a glowing ball in a junkyard and gives it to him. Soon, the orb turns into Dicky's new best friend -- an alien.

Director: Stephen Chow
Screenwriter: Stephen Chow, Vincent Kok, Tsang Kan Cheong, Sandy Shaw Lai-King, Fung Chih Chiang
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia
Rating: PG (Language|Brief Smoking|Some Rude Humor|Thematic Material)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 7, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $206.7K

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