There are many comedy movies with the theme of exchanging bodies: "Hot Moms and Spice Girls", "Daddy is a Daughter", "Between Husband and Wife", "Two Men Change Wrong", "Female Men Change Wrong Body", "Miss is So Hot", "Shy Iron Fist" and so on, there is no lack of high-quality works.
The new film brought by Zhang Xiaofei during this year's Spring Festival: "Exchange Life" is also a comedy movie with the theme of exchanging bodies.
But this time without Jia Ling and Shen Teng, Zhang Xiaofei's partner was replaced by Lei Jiayin.
So, can Zhang Xiaofei still reach the height of "Hello, Li Huanying" two years ago? Can "Exchange Life" achieve the same box office as "Hello, Li Huanying"?
It is very difficult, after all, "Hello, Li Huanying" ranks third in the overall box office list of Chinese films (more than 5.4 billion yuan).
But if we say that the strongest dark horse in this year's Spring Festival file, Yunfan believes that it is not "Nameless", it will be "Exchange Life",
And the probability of "Exchange Life" counterattacking the Spring Festival file will be greater.
The plot is strange, "change" directing professional
"Exchange Life" is directed and written by Su Lun, starring Lei Jiayin, Zhang Xiaofei, Zhang Youhao, Sha Yi, Liu Mintao, Yu Ailei, Ding Jiali, Wu Yanshu, Yang Enyou, Cao Tongrui starring, Yue Yunpeng, Yang Di, Xu Zhisheng, Song Jiateng specially invited to star, will be released on the first day of the Chinese New Year in 2023.
"Exchange Life" tells a hilarious story of "swapping bodies": Zhongda (played by Lei Jiayin) and Jin Hao (played by Zhang Xiaofei) are on a blind date when they are accidentally bumped into by Lu Xiaogu (played by Zhang Youhao), a teenager who secretly loves Jin Hao. Due to an accident, Lu Xiaogu mistakenly changed bodies with his love rival Zhongda, and then accidentally exchanged his family, so a strange "exchange" journey of joy and wronged family officially began.
The first factor in "Exchange Life" to counterattack the Spring Festival file is director Su Lun.
In 2018, Su Lun's self-written and directed "Living Together in Time and Space" can be said to be a double harvest at the word-of-mouth box office, winning 900 million at the box office, and the final Douban score reached 6.8 (the score of comedy is not easy), which fully shows the strength of this rookie director.
And "Exchange Life" is Su Lun's second self-written and directed comedy feature film after "Living Together in Time and Space", this time he continues to cooperate with Lei Jiayin, it can be said that the two are familiar with the road and will definitely produce a better chemical reaction.
Zhang Xiaofei Lei Jiayin joined forces
Golden Eagle Award Best Actor Lei Jiayin and Golden Rooster Award Best Actress Zhang Xiaofei, the two of them combined a CP to act in a movie, which is really a strong combination.
Lei Jiayin's acting skills are very strong, in recent years he has successively starred in classic works such as "Time and Space Cohabitation", "Assassination of a Novelist", "Chang'an Twelve Hours", "The World" and other classic works, these works have different themes, and the personalities of the characters are also very different, but Lei Jiayin can control them one by one well, it can be said that he is really a powerful actor with a variety of styles.
And in "Exchange Life", he played Zhongda precisely asked him to be "changeable", because he swapped bodies, so he is sometimes a greasy uncle with oily hair, sometimes an adolescent boy wearing a small vest, and sometimes a smoky makeup to sell cute, all of which make people endure.
Indeed, this time Lei Jiayin has contributed a different acting skill, which is worth paying attention to.
At the same time, "Exchange Life" is also Zhang Xiaofei's first film work after "Hello, Li Huanying", and after two years, he returned to the Spring Festival file again, Zhang Xiaofei should be full of all efforts to prove himself again.
And Lei Jiayin and Zhang Xiaofei are both from Anshan, Liaoning, and they have a sense of closeness, and what kind of new sparks will be created by their first strong combination? This is also one of the highlights of "Exchange Life".
Zhang Xiaofei's role Jin Hao in "Exchange Life" this time is completely different from the "national mother" image she played in "Hello Li Huanying". Jin Hao is more spicy, straightforward and cheerful, it can be said that he is a character who constantly switches between the goddess and the female nerve, both beautiful and beautiful, and suddenly funny, showing a comedic side.
And such Jin Hao paired with the teenager Lu Xiaogu who changed Zhongda's body, it was even more laughing, they danced next to the game console as soon as they were happy, Jin Hao pushed Lu Xiaogu sitting in the shopping cart downhill, and Lu Xiaogu bought Jin Hao a super large cup of milk tea....... It seems that CP, who was originally a pair of siblings, is now in love on the same channel, forming the most important point in a comedy movie with the theme of exchanging bodies: the contrast is funny.
This is also the second factor that "Exchange Life" may counterattack the Spring Festival file.
In addition, "Exchange Life" also has the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actress Ding Jiali and Wu Yanshu, Golden Rooster Award Best Actress nominee Liu Mintao, as well as Sha Yi, Yu Ailei, Cao Tongrui, Yue Yunpeng, Yang Di, Xu Zhisheng and other powerful comedians, it can really be said that China's happy comedians have come to form a group, which is bound to create a different wonderful spark.
Show your family's heartwarming story
In addition to various jokes, "Exchange of Life" also shows a warm family relationship story.
The movie shows the three brother families, one is Zhongda (played by Lei Jiayin) family, one Jin Hao (played by Zhang Xiaofei) family and one Lu Xiaogu (played by Zhang Youhao) family, the three families have their own characteristics.
Jin Hao and her mother (played by Ding Jiali) live together and often quarrel, but the two love each other deeply. And Zhongda's family is only alone, so he always thinks about the warmth of his family.
Lu Xiaogu (played by Zhang Youhao) has an open-minded and funny father (played by Sha Yi), a mother with a girlish heart (played by Liu Mintao), and a very fashionable Internet celebrity grandmother (played by Wu Yanshu), and a cute sister (played by Yang En), which can be said to be a very warm family.
And Lu Xiaogu's family also let Zhongda, who has always longed for family warmth, come to his home and experience the warmth of a different family, and as soon as Lu Xiaogu appeared at home, he was treated solemnly by his parents - the lines of "Dad is you" and "Mom is also you" are really funny.
After changing his body, Jin Hao took Lu Xiaogu to see his parents, Lu Xiaogu looked young and vicissitudes with the mixed style of his uncle Zhongda's body and the teenager, and the sitting posture looked both restrained and well-behaved, which made Jin Hao's mother (played by Ding Jiali) very satisfied, and even praised Jin Hao and Zhongda as a "natural pair", and even pinched Zhongda's big face and sighed, "This little face, how good it looks." Why is Jin's good mother so fond of this prospective son-in-law? What will be the hidden secret behind it?
In short, this year's Spring Festival file, all kinds of blockbusters gathered, the war situation is very fierce, can not help but make people feel that the previous film market has finally returned.
And in this year's such a strong Spring Festival file, "Exchange Life" as a pure comedy movie, has a very good competitiveness, after all, the Spring Festival audience has a "just need" for comedy movies, even if it is not the first choice, if you watch two, you will generally bring a comedy.
Therefore, "Exchange Life" may really become a dark horse work in this year's Spring Festival.