CJ7 Reviews
March 7, 2008
CJ7 is heavy on slapstick and may appeal to very young viewers who won't need to bother much with the subtitles.
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| Original Score: 2/4
March 7, 2008
Its occasionally endearing schmaltz is eclipsed by bizarre shifts in tone and a lackluster story.
March 7, 2008
Above all the movie has a heart, a mind and a gentleness of spirit that parents will welcome, while the frequent flights of fancy ensure that no child will be left behind.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
March 6, 2008
Shows signs that Chow is trying to put more thought and heart into his films, with uneven success.
Original Score: B-
March 6, 2008
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.
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| Original Score: D+
March 6, 2008
What could possibly have possessed Stephen Chow, the mad scientist of slapstick chopsocky who made Kung Fu Hustle, to follow up that psychedelic pinwheel of a movie by entangling himself in CJ7?
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| Original Score: D+
March 6, 2008
It is safe to say that no one makes movies quite like Hong Kong's clown impresario Stephen Chow.
Original Score: 3.5/4
March 6, 2008
If CJ7 is a slapstick action picture that doffs its cap to children's delight in casual brutality, it's also a sweet-tempered and oddly beautiful piece of schmaltz that sends up its own populist family values without ever betraying them.
March 5, 2008
A hyperactive, wishful-thinking special effects fantasy suitable for family outings.
March 5, 2008
Chow's comic fantasy is a sop to kiddie sentimentality that barely skirts rancid cutesiness by sheer virtue of its strange details.
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| Original Score: 2/4
March 4, 2008
Lacks any convincing magic or heart.
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| Original Score: C+
March 3, 2008
Even fans of Stephen Chow should probably skip his latest, kid-friendly flick. It's only sporadically funny, and often grating, and at some point you realize that you've been suckered into watching an extended advertisement for a toy.
February 5, 2008
Heavy on CGI slapstick and light on meaningful emotional content.