Bride Wars (2015 film)

Bride Wars
Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Tony Chan
Produced by	Kate Hudson Jiali Huang Fruit Chan Dong Yu
Starring	Angelababy Ni Ni Zhu Yawen Chen Xiao
Production companies	Bona Film Group[2] Fox International Productions
Release dates	August 18, 2015 (2015-08-18) (Shanghai) August 20, 2015 (2015-08-20) (China) [1]
Running time	90 minutes
Country	China
Language	Mandarin
Box office	US$27.6 million

Bride Wars (Chinese: 新娘大作战) is a 2015 Chinese romantic comedy film directed by Tony Chan. The film is a remake of 2009's Bride Wars that starred Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway.[3] It was released in China on August 20, 2015.[4][5]

Premise

A pair of brides-to-be put their friendship to the test when they battle it out for the perfect wedding scheduled on the same day.

Cast

• Angelababy as He Jing
• Ni Ni as Ma Li
• Zhu Yawen as Luo Dan
• Chen Xiao as Kevin
• He Jiong as Alexander
• Liu Jinshan as Ma Li's father
• Wang Yinan as Xiao Bai
• Xi Wang as Xiao Rou
• Huang Xiaoming as Groom in the opening (Cameo)
• Feng Shaofeng as Priest (Cameo)
• Jing Boran as TV Host (Cameo)
• Du Haitao as Leading workman (Cameo)

Reception

Box office

The film came in at number three in its opening weekend, earning US$24,220,000 (RMB $154,496,958). In its second weekend the film dropped to number seven with $3.34 million. Its two-week total now stands at $27.6 million.

Critical response

Maggie Lee of Variety said that "a not-great Hollywood romantic comedy gets even worse in this atrocious Chinese remake."[6] Elizabeth Kerr of The Hollywood Reporter called the film "a facile and uninspired remake of a facile and uninspired original."[7]

References

1. "Movie "Bride Wars" premiered in Shanghai". Xinhua News Agency. 2015-08-19. Archived from the original on August 22, 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
2. Kevin Ma (June 19, 2015). "Bona announces giant slate in Shanghai". Film Business Asia. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
3. "Fox International and Bona to Produce Chinese 'Bride Wars' Remake". Variety. 2014-06-21. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
4. "Romantic Comedy 'Bride Wars' to Hit Big Screens on August 20". China Radio International. 2015-08-11. Archived from the original on August 24, 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
5. 新娘大作战 (2014). movie.douban.com (in Chinese). douban.com. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
6. Maggie Lee (August 24, 2015). "Film Review: 'Bride Wars'". variety.com. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
7. Elizabeth Kerr (October 30, 2015). "'Bride Wars': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 2, 2015.

External links

• Bride Wars at IMDb
• Bride Wars at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase