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Better Days

Movie
2019
2h 15m
NR
Mandarin
Drama
User Score: 
7.8
Critic Score: 
90
Better Days' Poster
A bullied teenage girl forms an unlikely friendship with a mysterious young man who protects her from her assailants, while she copes with the pressures of her final examinations.
Better Days Poster

Better Days

NR
Movie
2019
2h 15m
Mandarin
Drama
A bullied teenage girl forms an unlikely friendship with a mysterious young man who protects her from her assailants, while she copes with the pressures of her final examinations.
Rating
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7.8
IMDB
Better Days (2019) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
90

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Zhou Dongyu
Chen Nian
Jackson Yee
Xiao Bei
Yin Fang
Zheng Ye
Huang Jue
Lao Yang
Wu Yue
Chen Nian's Mother
Zhou Ye
Wei Lai
Zhang Yao
Li Xiang
Zhang Yifan
Hu Xiaodie
Ran Liu
Luo Ting
Heliao Lyun
Punk Gang Leader
Bozhan Ju
Loan Shark
Directed By: Derek Tsang

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Redouaaane says...
4 years ago
bullying is real bad, mmkay?
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Chinalover33 says...
6 months ago
Idk if I liked where the story went as I felt like the beginning premise was already compelling enough. That said, I still think this movie deserved its nomination with such an emotional story.
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Maarten Delfgou says...
2 years ago
The original title of the film is Shaonian de ni.
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miguelreina says...
4 years ago
It begins as an interesting approach to bullying, manifesting itself as a reflection of adult society. "If you weren't the bully, then you were being bullied." And he's poignant and accurate in his depiction of the victim and her abusers. But the last hour turns into a cheesy teenage romantic drama that ends up burying the virtues of the beginning. The film was banned by the Chinese government, but the ban was eventually dropped. The "spot" at the end seems imposed to be in line with the anti-bullying campaign initiated by the Chinese government.
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Featured User Reviews

isgraham
6/10  3 years ago
A thoroughly depressing movie that abandons its anti-bullying topic halfway through and attempts a bittersweet ending.

A young Chinese girl, Chen Nian, is approaching the most important exams of her life, which are the only hope for escape from economic hardships for her and her mother, when her More
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cchan138
5/10  5 years ago
Edit: I later found out the novel this movie was based on is suspected of plagiarizing Keigo Hinashino's two novels "Journey Under the Midnight Sun" and "The Devotion of Suspect X". I've never read the two books so I'm not sure how similar the movie is to the two books.
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