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The New King of Comedy

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A woman dreams of becoming a movie star but cannot seem to get any substantial roles.
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Edmund Lee South China Morning Post 09/25/2019
3.5/5
The New King of Comedy is arguably Chow's best outing since he switched his focus to directing. Go to Full Review Armond White National Review 07/03/2019
Stephen Chow has replaced Steven Spielberg as the world's most humane, unifying filmmaker. The latest proof is The New King of Comedy. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Dan L. @dlee2 May 17 Loved the movie and the humor! See more 12/09/2021 If 'Chow's humour' is a rejoinder to the production and aesthetic system of 'old Hong Kong films', then outside of this specific context and cast, this deliberate directing and acting method has completely failed to respond to the present era. See more Read all reviews
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Stephen Chow

Director

Jingwen E.

Rumeng

Baoqiang Wang

Ma Ke

Quandan Zhang

Charlie

Jing Ruyang

Xiao Mi

Chi Chang

Rumeng's father
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Movie Info

Synopsis A woman dreams of becoming a movie star but cannot seem to get any substantial roles.
Director
Stephen Chow
Screenwriter
Stephen Chow
Production Co
Star Overseas
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Chinese
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 6, 2020
Runtime
1h 30m
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