On Your Mark (film)

For the music video by Studio Ghibli, see On Your Mark.

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
  • 18 June 2021 (2021-06-18)
CountryChina
LanguageStandard Chinese

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]

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

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. ^ a b 周慧晓婉 (18 November 2019). "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 5 April 2021.
  2. ^ 周慧晓婉 (18 March 2021). "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 5 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "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. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  5. ^ "周票房：《1921》点映夺冠 《了不起的老爸》破亿". 腾讯. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  6. ^ Elley, Derek. "Review: On Your Mark (2021)". Retrieved 5 July 2022.