Happy Times
2000 · Movie · 102 min · ★ 7.1 · 68% critics
An older, unlucky-in-love man thinks he’s found his dream partner and pretends to be wealthy to secure a lavish wedding. As the lies grow, he and a group of friends scramble to keep up appearances, leading to a mix of awkward humor, tenderness, and uneasy moral choices.
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Details
- Original title
- 幸福时光
- Years
- 2000
- Release date
- 2000-12-31
- Language
- Chinese
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Critic score
- 68/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (58 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a bittersweet, offbeat story that blends humor with heartfelt drama about people left behind by change, in the vein of Not One Less or The Story of Qiu Ju; Not for you if you want a consistently light comedy.
Pros: touching kindness amid hardship; quirky mix of tones; memorable emotional moments | Cons: uneven mood shifts; implausible setup; can feel manipulative
Cast & crew
Zhao Benshan
as Lao Zhao
Dong Jie
as Wu Ying
Dong Li-Fan
as Wu Ying's Stepmother
Fu Biao
as Little Fu
Li Xuejian
as Li
- QL
Qibin Leng
as Wu Ying's Stepbrother
Gong Jinghua
as Aunty Liu
Niu Ben
as Old Niu
Zhang Hongjie
as Lao Zhang
Sun Honglei
as Customer at Happy Times
Directed by Zhang Yimou