Plot: Fang Yuan is a lonely tour guide who can't get a break in life. When his latest romantic interest turns him down, another girl hugs him out of the blue and asks him to pretend to be her girlfriend. After this fateful encounter, the two decide to spend the evening together, as they're both celebrating their birthday. At the end of the evening though, the girl disappears in thin air.
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May 10, 2021
Decent Chinese romcom with some sci-fi elements that add a little twist. Then again, it's probably not much of a twist for people who are familiar with anime, as there are plenty of series that relied on the "robot girl becomes romantic interest" story before. This is simply a Chinese live-action blockbuster version.
The mix of genres works quite well, the cinematography looks polished and the pacing is pretty decent. The problem is that it all feels very derivative. China moved a little too fast from having no blockbuster industry to having a dominant one that relies on formulaic output. Not a terrible film, just not very memorable either.