Speaking of Shen Teng Ma Li , the first reaction of many people is of course comedy.
In 2015, "Charlotte Troubles " directed by Yan Fei and Peng Damo made the happy twist comedy a blockbuster, and every work since then has attracted much attention.
But it is a happy twist comedy, and it also has a lot of content.
The higher the content, the greater the chance of winning. The top-notch happy twist comedy must not only have a high content, but also must be a "Shen Ma combination".
For example, the 2022 " Walk Alone on the Moon " earned a box office of 3.3 billion.
After two years, Shen Ma Group has teamed up with directors Yan Fei and Peng Damo of "Charlotte Trouble" and " The Richest Man in Xihong City " to come back with " Catch the Baby ".
In the film's lineup, in addition to Shen Teng and Ma Li, who perform from beginning to end, there are also actors such as Shi Pengyuan, Sarina , Wei Xiang, Jia Bing and other actors. The story of
is not an adaptation, but a new original story. On its first day of screening,
's box office exceeded 150 million, helping the single-day market to break through the 200 million mark for the first time in 69 days since the May 1st release. The summer season, which has already passed less than half of the time, finally showed the popularity that this period deserves.
Audiences proved with packed theaters how stable the combination of Shen Teng, Ma Li + Yan Fei and Peng Damo is.
enters the second day of screening, and the film's box office trend continues to be strong. The box office is expected to exceed 170 million on that day. The pre-screening media box office forecast displayed by Beacon predicts the film's total box office to reach a maximum of 3.2 billion.
hits 3 billion or even 4 billion, becoming a realistic box office prospect for this powerful comedy.
was not only a box office hit, but the audience was also quite satisfied with the work handed in by the Shen Ma group this time.
Some people said it was "funny", while others said it was tearful.
It can be said that the summer movie, which had a slightly cold start, finally caught its first real hit with "Catch a Baby".
Let’s use three keywords to talk about why this "Catch a Baby" about "learning to raise a baby" started this box office boom.
The first keyword: funny.
Is it funny?
This is The first question that many viewers want to ask.
Ma Li has given a positive answer to this.
It can be said with certainty that there are quite a lot of laughs from beginning to end, especially in the first half, it is necessary to laugh until you cry.
Shenma comedy is different from many comedy that rely on exaggerated performances and vulgar jokes.
is better at making you laugh seriously. For example, in "Catch a Baby", the core laugh point is the film. High concept: parenting version of "The Truman Show"
The richest man in the city, Ma Chenggang (played by Shen Teng), has failed to raise his son "Tuba" - his eldest son loves to climb Mount Everest, but has no intention of learning. Without the empire he built, he could only give birth to a "small child" with his wife Chunlan (played by Ma Li). Under this setting, the laughter is everywhere.
For example, the family moved in. After living in a dilapidated house, I started pretending to be poor.
It was trivial to turn the faucet on the water meter. Grandma was bedridden all year round and could not afford to see a doctor. She would vomit a few mouthfuls of "blood" from time to time. What was even more abstract was that the old father drove to earn money with only three children.
There are car repair stalls, newspaper shops, people who cut hair, people who play chess, people who grow flowers, people who do Tai Chi...
But there is something wrong inside
The shoe repair master is a physics teacher; The master of chess is a master of mathematics; the owner of the newsstand is a generalist in liberal arts.
The way to improve his son's spoken language is to meet with a foreign teacher directly. Even if he is buying groceries, as long as there is context, he can provide on-site teaching at any time. There are bigger tricks.
For example, Ma Chenggang tricked his son into picking up empty water bottles in the gymnasium.
Is it really easy to pick up empty water bottles?
Since it is a disguise, it will be revealed. There are also many face-slapping scenes that are full of contrast and joy, and every one of them makes people laugh.
For example, the caring entrepreneur played by Jia Bing came to the door and said that he would sponsor his children's education. He also said that he had the hands and feet, so how could he live like this?
Then Ma Li took action and brought out Yunnan coffee and Jamaican coffee in large vats.
Shen Teng, on the other hand, served a Cohiba, the best cigar, without saying anything.
For another example, the grandma played by Sarina was originally a paralyzed character. However, at the fake grandma’s funeral, Ma Jiye discovered that her grandma, who had been bedridden in a wheelchair all year round, was very fast and could run with the wheelchair. That scene did not make me laugh crazy. I admire myself all.
The most funny thing about "Catch a Baby" is that:
all kinds of absurd plots emerge in endlessly, and they can make you feel completely reasonable.
Of course, in addition to the funny plot, the biggest laugh point of the film is: the actors who have their own laugh points.
The second keyword: Shen Ma.
If "Catch a Baby" can be successful, Shen Teng will be the first to bear the brunt.
In "Charlotte's Trouble", "non-magic humor" and "Teng style comedy" create wonderful sparks.
This time in "Catch a Baby", the "content" is still 100%.
When this man with a good sense of humor plays opposite everyone in the movie, everyone wants to laugh without having to do anything. In addition to his ability to bring laughter,
also integrates the character's heart and characteristics into his performance.
uses language and body movements to make characters look constantly laughing.
is like the domineering feeling of educating children with complete knowledge.
So the more domineering you are in the front, the more aggrieved you will be when your son slaps you in the face in the back.
is funny in some domineering ways, and funny in some aggrieved ways. The funniest thing is that after saying the golden words to his son’s back in the finale, he can immediately bring back the sense of comedy - "Then you tonight Do you still want to go home for dinner? "
Shen Teng's comedy power is enough, but with Ma Li, he can catch the doll accurately every time.
The most amazing thing about Ma Li is that she has no sense of humor and silent comedy at all.
As the wife of a rich man, she is opposed to her husband being poor.
But she is no match for the wealthy who can buy her bags anytime and anywhere.
For example, when she saw her son being bullied, she immediately became furious and asked her husband to stop pretending to be poor.
can be used as her husband’s new brand-name bag, suddenly hanging around her neck, wow!
also has action scenes such as a sleepy person hitting a switch. Others may not be funny if they play it, but when Ma Li played it, I laughed until I cried.
The most important thing is that the chemical reaction between Shen Teng and Ma Li is so natural.
can see that in many places the two people are completely improvising, but they can be more real than a real couple.
Just looking at the scene of the two working together to create a reading atmosphere and urging Ma Jiye to study, I instantly understood why netizens said this was the ceiling for idols. It's so good that it makes my blood boil.
It’s not just Shen Teng and Ma Li’s comedy power operating at full capacity.
Xihong City Universe NPCs are also performing collectively and stably.
Actors such as Wei Xiang and Jia Bing all have comedy baggage, making the film endlessly funny.
But it wouldn’t be a surprise if only professional comedians performed stably.
When a Chinese drama mother like Sarina can produce the funniest scene in the film where her grandma "pretends to be dead and plays basketball", you will understand what a real surprise is.
And when Ma Jiye knelt down in front of his grandma and cried bitterly at her fake funeral, Sarina, who had played the role of grandma for more than ten years, was also moved by the scene. Under the shroud, she recalled every bit of her child's growth. That was probably the most touching scene in the whole film. paragraph.
Look, even if it’s funny, you still make me cry.
The third keyword: touch.
Many viewers who watched "Catch a Baby" had tears in their eyes unknowingly after the burst of laughter.
The key lies in the title of the film: Catching Dolls. The rich parents in the
video really treat their children as "dolls" in the claw machine.
completely followed his own ideas and staged a classic Chinese education in a world of hard-working education.
In order to let his children endure the hardships he has endured and walk the same path he has walked, he spent huge sums of money and more than ten years of time and effort to create a grand Truman world.
Everyone was acting around Ma Jiye.
When the comedy returns to reality, this is another story doomed to failure.
After watching the movie, it is not difficult to find that Ma Chenggang's two models of education have failed. More than ten years were all in vain.
This is the real reason why the film makes the audience laugh and cry.
Education is the biggest keyword among Chinese people.
Audiences sitting in the theater, even if they have not become parents, have they not yet become children?
The plot in the film naturally creates a huge resonance.
Especially in the second half of the film, all the lies were finally exposed. Ma Jiye looked at the photos of working groups in various disciplines hanging on the wall, as well as various surveillance videos spread across all corners of his life, and finally looked at his biological son The parents said the most cruel lines in the whole film -
Which teacher are you two? I didn't see you two on the wall.
At that moment, I really couldn’t laugh anymore.
But what moved me most about the film was not the irony of Chinese education, but the rare empathy in the irony.
In the finale of the film, Ma Jiye made a decision that stunned everyone at the college entrance examination, and then strode out of The Truman World and headed for his own future.
Shen Teng looked at the child's back and said: You think your life is limited, why isn't our life the same? The theme of the
movie is completely sublimated here.
What is the reason why Ma Chenggang is poor in raising horses? Worried that no one will inherit the family business.
The eldest son cannot. The younger son must do it.
Regardless of whether they have money or not, many parents are essentially the same.
Those who are rich hope to have children to continue their success.
Those who have no money hope to have children to make up for their lack of success.
Are parents selfish? yes.
But parents are the most selfless people in the world.
Maybe Ma Chenggang’s more than ten years of poverty-stricken support for his children is a lie, but his efforts and true feelings for his children are all true.
The movie touched the audience because parents' desire to control their children is a topic that will never go out of style, but generations of people cannot get out of this vicious circle, precisely because parents' love and control are often two sides of the same coin. How to divide
?
So you see, the genre of "Catch a Baby" is a comedy, but its core is so touching and empathetic.
Because we were all once Ma Jiye.
later grew up and became Ma Chenggang.
In the film, Ma Chenggang and Chunlan devoted their entire lives to acting in this drama.
finally gained the child’s leaving figure.
is definitely the wrong answer to this game of kidnapping, but where is the right answer?
There is no standard answer to education. Every child has a unique problem.
From this point of view, "Catch a Baby" is so worthy of its current box office success -
The movie is not only so funny played by Shen Teng and Ma Li, but it also leaves the question to all viewers: sometimes children don't Parents are asked to pay like that, but parents use their own efforts as shackles on their children, holding them captive for the rest of their lives.
Is this correct?
The movie is just a hit comedy. How to catch the doll is up to the audience to think for themselves.
But on this long road of parenting, at least I can go to the cinema and laugh for two hours in the hot summer, which is very worthwhile.
In the end, although Ma Chenggang failed to catch the doll in the movie, the Shen Ma combination outside the movie once again captured the hearts of the Chinese audience.
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