Goodbye Mr. Loser

Goodbye Mr. Loser
Chinese夏洛特烦恼
Hanyu PinyinXià Luò Tè Fánnǎo
Directed byYan Fei
Peng Damo
Starring
Production
companies
Happy Mahua Pictures
New Classics Pictures
Tencent Video
Wanda Media[1]
Distributed byWuzhou Film Distribution
New Classic Media Corporation[1]
Release date
  • 30 September 2015 (2015-09-30)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
Box officeUS$228.5 million[2]

Goodbye Mr. Loser (Chinese: 夏洛特烦恼; pinyin: Xià Luò Tè Fánnǎo) is a 2015 Chinese comedy film directed by Yan Fei and Peng Damo, and starring Shen Teng, Ma Li, Yin Zheng, Wang Zhi, Ai Lun, Tian Yu, Song Yang, Chang Yuan and Li Ping.[3] The film is based on a play of the same name.[4] It was released on 30 September 2015. Starring a cast of largely non-film comedians, the film became an enormous sleeper hit in China and was fueled by explosive word of mouth.

The film contains many references to Chinese popular culture in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including cameo appearances and depictions of well-known pop stars of that era. Some celebrities appear as themselves (including Jay Chou as a talent show contestant on The Voice, who performed a song Xia Luo had allegedly written, in reality one that Xia Luo had plagiarized from him), whilst others are depicted through stand-ins (for instance, Miss Na, who talent-spots Xia Luo in the new 1997 timeline).

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  3. ^ "夏洛特烦恼》首映 沈腾马丽自曝拍吻戏不美妙(图)". China Daily (in Chinese). 27 September 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ^ CRI (9 October 2015). "'Goodbye Mr. Loser' Becomes a Dark Horse in China's Box Office". english.entgroup.cn. EntGroup Inc. Archived from the original on 17 March 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2015.