On Your Mark (film)

On Your Mark (Chinese: 了不起的老爸; pinyin: Liǎobuqǐ de Lǎobà; lit. 'amazing dad') is a 2021 Chinese drama film directed by Chiu Keng Guan and starring Wang Yanhui, Zhang Youhao, and Gong Beibi.[1][2]

On Your Mark
了不起的老爸
Directed byChiu Keng Guan
Screenplay byXu Yizhou (徐逸洲)
Produced by
  • Sun Jishun (孙吉顺)
  • Wang Lianjing (王莲菁)
  • Sun Jiwen (孙霁雯)
Starring
  • Wang Yanhui
  • Zhang Youhao
  • Gong Beibi
Release date
  • June 18, 2021 (2021-06-18)
CountryMainland China
LanguageStandard Chinese

Plot

The film follows the story of a father and son who participate in a marathon and thus come to understand and improve themselves.

Cast

  • Wang Yanhui as Xiao Daming
  • Zhang Youhao as Xiao Erdong
  • Gong Beibi as Xia Lu
  • Li Xiaopang (李小胖)
  • He Nan (鹤男)
  • Zhao Liang (赵亮)
  • Li Yu (李彧)
  • Liu Jinshan
  • Feng Wenjuan

Production

The film was shot in Chongqing.[1] Filming took 55 days.[3]

Release

The film was released on 18 June 2021, just before Father's Day.[4][3]

Reception

On the day of its release, On Your Mark was the top-earning film in the Chinese box office.[3] As of 27 June 2021, the film's box office total was 105 million RMB.[5]

Critic Derek Elley called it "a disease-of-the-week melodrama grafted onto a dysfunction". He criticized the screenwriting and directing but praised Wang Yanhui's performance.[6]

See also

References

  1. 周慧晓婉 (2019-11-18). "王砚辉张宥浩领衔《起跑》,内地首部马拉松题材影片开机". 新京报. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  2. 周慧晓婉 (2021-03-18). "电影《了不起的老爸》曝新预告,王砚辉为张宥浩甘当"全能老爸"". 新京报. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  3. "Why Malaysian-Chinese filmmakers find success in China". South China Morning Post. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  4. "《了不起的老爸》改档 王砚辉张宥浩约定父亲节". 1905. 2021-04-03. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  5. "周票房:《1921》点映夺冠 《了不起的老爸》破亿". 腾讯. 2021-06-28. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  6. Elley, Derek. "Review: On Your Mark (2021)". Retrieved 5 July 2022.
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