Chongqing Hot Pot

Chongqing Hot Pot (Chinese: 火锅英雄; lit. 'Hot Pot Hero') is a 2016 Chinese caper screwball comedy film written and directed by Yang Qing and starring Chen Kun, Bai Baihe, Qin Hao and Yu Entai.[1] The film had its world premiere in March 2016 at the 2016 Hong Kong International Film Festival and was released in China by Wuzhou Film Distribution on April 1, 2016.[3][4]

This article is about the 2016 film. For the dish, see Chongqing hot pot.
Chongqing Hot Pot
Film poster
Chinese火锅英雄
Directed byYang Qing
Screenplay byYang Qing
Produced byTao Kun
James Li
Chen Kuofu[1]
StarringChen Kun
Bai Baihe
Qin Hao
Yu Entai
Edited byLi Nanyi[1]
Music byPeng Fei
Zhao Yingjun[1]
Production
companies
Wanda Pictures
New Classics Pictures
CKF Pictures
Hehe (Shanghai) Pictures
K. Pictures (Beijing)
Heyi Pictures
Easy Entertainment Haining[1]
Distributed byWuzhou Film Distribution
Release dates
  • March 21, 2016 (2016-03-21) (HKIFF)
  • April 1, 2016 (2016-04-01)
Running time
94 minutes[1]
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
Box officeUS$58.4 million[2]

Plot

From director Yang Qing (One Night at the Supermarket) comes Chongqing Hot Pot, the official opening night film at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. When three friends open a hot pot restaurant in a former bomb shelter, they discover it’s linked by a single wall to the bank vault next door. While deciding to take the easy money or go to the police, they find out one of the bank’s employees is a former classmate and look to enlist her in deciding their future. The movie ended on a happy note with the four friends eating together loosely discussing their future on the roof of the hospital where Liu Bo is admitted.[5]

Cast

Reception

Box office

The film grossed US$5.7 million on its opening day in China.[6] It grossed a total of CN¥370.5 million in China.[3] It grossed US$58.4 million worldwide.[2]

Critical response

Chongqing Hot Pot received a 22% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 9 reviews and has an average rating of 6.1/10.[7] James Marsh of Screen Daily said that "while scant characterisation and flailing tonal shifts may prevent the film from standing up to serious scrutiny, Yang is clearly out to have fun, and on that front his belated second feature certainly delivers."[1]

Awards and nominations
Awards Category Nominee Results Ref.
31st Golden Rooster Awards Best Sound Huang Jing Won [8]

References
  1. Marsh, James (March 23, 2016). "'Chongqing Hot Pot': HKIFF review". Screen Daily. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  2. "Chongqing Hot Pot (2016)". The Numbers. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  3. "火锅英雄（2016）". cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  4. Shackleton, Liz (February 24, 2016). "HKIFF to open with Trivisa, Chongqing Hotpot". Screen Daily. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  5. "Gooddrama.net".
  6. "Box office data for Friday, 1st April 2016 (Estimates as of 21:30 CST)". Box Office China. Archived from the original on April 15, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  7. "Chongqing Hot Pot (2016)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  8. "邓超范冰冰分获影帝影后《我不是潘金莲》成金鸡大赢家". ifeng (in Chinese). September 16, 2017.
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