CJ7

"It's out of this world."

2008 1h 28m CN

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7.3

SOLID

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49%

ROTTEN

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METACRITIC

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6.4

IMDB

★7.3TMDB · 839🥫49%Rotten Tomatoes●46Metacritic★6.4IMDB · 18,490

ComedyDramaFamilyFantasyScience Fiction

Synopsis

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A poor construction worker, who struggles to keep his son in private school, mistakes an orb he finds in a junkjard for a toy which proves to be much, much more once the young boy starts to play with it.

“It's out of this world.”

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Cast

Stephen Chow
Ti Chow
Xu Jiao
Dicky Chow
Zhang Yuqi
Miss Yuen
Lam Tze-Chung
Boss
Lee Sheung-Ching
Mr. Cao
Yao Wen-Xue
Storm Dragon
Steven Fung Min-Hang
P.E. Teacher
Han Yonghua
Maggie

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Stephen Chow
Writers: Stephen Chow, Lam Fung, Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu
Languages: Cantonese
Countries: Hong Kong

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 7

ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Stephen Chow, shot by Poon Hang-Sang. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Angie Lam On-Yee shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Stephen Chow and Xu Jiao and Zhang Yuqi carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "It's out of this world.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0940709 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Stephen Chow directs. Poon Hang-Sang behind the camera. Angie Lam On-Yee cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Hong Kong. Dialogue in Cantonese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 18 years ago.
3Directed by Stephen Chow, shot by Poon Hang-Sang. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Angie Lam On-Yee shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Stephen Chow and Xu Jiao and Zhang Yuqi carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "It's out of this world.".
7IMDB entry: tt0940709 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 18 themes, including "little boy", "ufo", "extraterrestrial", "poverty".
9Released under 18 different titles around the world.