While the characters bring energy and enthusiasm with potty humor and exaggerated jesting, the plot crosses into the cliché and an alien Lassie comes forth that leaves us with a Hollywood ending.
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CJ7 (2008)
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Reviews Counted:76
Fresh:37
Rotten:39
Average Rating:5.3/10
Consensus: Eccentric and sweet, Stephen Chow's latest is charming, but too strangely and slackly plotted to work as a whole.
Theatrical Release:Mar 7, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: Chinese writer-director-comedian Stephen Chow (SHAOLIN SOCCER, KUNG FU HUSTLE) takes a break from his usual action-comedy adventures for an E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL-inspired tale of family bonds... [More]
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Chow's latest might sell a lot of toys; still, it can't sell tears and the great gooey third act burns out like a meteor.
03/06/08
[D]ownright disturbing.
03/13/08
Not crazy enough by a measure, CJ7 beats out family-film duds like The Spiderwick Chronicles in sheer buoyancy alone.
03/06/08
The result is never boring, but it's often inexplicable.
03/28/08
"CJ7" has some moments of sweetness and CGI inflected humor, but comes off as slight compared to the filmmaker's previous efforts.
03/08/08
Chow's child-like sense of wonder is no guarantee that he can make a suitable film for kids.
08/25/08
Chow himself is extremely winning whenever he is on screen, but this is first and foremost a kids' film, not a vehicle for the one of the best comics currently working in movies.
03/05/08
CJ7 is too bizarre an amalgam of sappy sentimentality and life-on-the-streets edginess.
03/13/08
Top CriticEven children, for whom it is intended, might just find it silly.
04/11/08
It's the low-tech side of Stephen Chow's fantasy that proves the most interesting.
03/07/08
A giddy, childlike enthusiasm dominates every frame of Stephen Chow's film, but unfortunately it's only mildly amusing: Like a hyperactive tyke, CJ7 has a rambunctious energy that ultimately wears you out.
02/17/08
Chow's comic fantasy is a sop to kiddie sentimentality that barely skirts rancid cutesiness by sheer virtue of its strange details.
03/05/08
Almost surrealistically bad...not only fails totally to delight but is even likely to creep you out.
03/19/08
He's a cute little furball, but no Mogwai.
03/07/08
This is lesser Chow because there is less Chow.
03/07/08
CJ7 is wildly entertaining at times, but when it comes to telling an actual story, Chow could use some tutoring from the clever folks at Pixar.
03/14/08
I like seeing directors try to branch out, but Chow's attempt just doesn't feel particularly well thought-out.
03/06/08
Chow bungles it spectacularly with CJ7, a kind of sci-fi comedy (with no kung fu) destined to disappoint his fans.
03/06/08
Its occasionally endearing schmaltz is eclipsed by bizarre shifts in tone and a lackluster story.
03/07/08
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