Huayu: Enjoy Yourself

Chapter 105 Film Critic Cisco

For the release of *Little Miss Sunshine*, Warner Bros. arranged for it to be shown in ten theaters.

Seven in Los Angeles and three in New York.

Even so, quite a few film critics were still arranged to attend the premiere.

The event was held on July 28th, two days before the official release, at 8 PM.

In a theater in Los Angeles, preparing for a screening.

One of the film critics is a well-known figure.

Surprisingly, he seemed to have come to the premiere because of Chen An.

It's the famous film critic, Cisco.

"Chen, you are the reason why I accepted Warner Bros.' invitation to watch this movie. I hope that your movie, like your previous Cannes films, can bring me a different kind of surprise."

This is what the film critic said to Chen An before the film started playing.

"I hope I can still win your favor." Chen An was pleasantly surprised.

Surprisingly, this well-known Hollywood film critic actually quite likes his own movie.

Many people came; there are many people in Hollywood who make a living by film criticism, and Warner Bros. sent invitations to most of them.

As for the celebrities invited, well...

Even Emma's aunt Julia Roberts didn't come; Greg, the male lead in the cast, was already the most famous.

It's fine to ride on someone else's aunt's coattails normally, but having her movie released on the same day definitely means there's something else going on.

After the previous remarks, the film officially began to be screened in front of the group of film critics.

Cisco was given a comfortable viewing spot, crossed his legs, placed his notebook on his lap, and began watching the movie with a pen in his hand.

Ignoring the opening scenes and subtitles, the film quickly begins after the director is identified as An-Chen.

The opening is a clichéd multi-screen introduction, showing the identities of the main characters, without anything new.

Cisco frowned slightly, but didn't say much, though it was far from what he had expected.

It seems that "Run Lola Run" only succeeds once.

The simple visuals and dialogue vividly portray this family, revealing them to be an unusual one.

A grandfather who loves to swear and use foul language, a gay psychologist uncle who committed suicide after being rejected in love, a quiet and somewhat withdrawn older brother, an extremely stubborn father, a silly and adorable daughter, and a kind and virtuous mother.

I traveled to California to participate in a competition.

Cisco never expected that Chen An's first film in Hollywood would be a road movie.

As the story unfolds, many amusing incidents occur along the way, such as the uncle buying pornographic books, and his student being dumped by him and seeing him buying pornographic books that his grandfather had asked him to buy—one about women and one about men.

Olive, a little girl who was abandoned for various reasons.

The journey is both comedic and a coming-of-age story. The car apartment incident occurs, the father begins to seek change, and the grandfather comforts the somewhat frightened Oliver.

Cisco watched the footage playing on the screen; the little girl was doing well.

I unconsciously scribbled something on the notebook. Overall, it was a decent road comedy, but it fell far short of my expectations.

But the movie takes an abrupt turn; the grandfather, who was initially quite humorous, suddenly dies that very night.

The journey was still halfway through when someone suddenly passed away, which was a significant blow to the family in the film.

The little girl didn't understand the meaning of death, but her brother reminded her to comfort her somewhat sad mother.

The grief was temporary, because the father was unwilling to stop, unwilling to let his daughter lose this hard-won opportunity.

The group worked together to move the deceased grandfather into the back of the car and continued their journey.

The journey was fraught with problems: horns blaring incessantly, police officers suddenly blocking the road, and the grandfather in the car behind us almost being discovered.

However, continuing from the previous episode, the yellow magazine that the uncle was asked by the grandfather to buy saved them.

Many film critics were amused by the conversation between the father and the police, especially when the father handed back the men's magazine.

Even Cisco, who had been watching the movie intently, couldn't help but laugh at this scene, especially when it connected to the clips he had previously purchased.

As he continued watching, he couldn't help but nod, amazed by his brother's outstanding acting skills.

The breakdown and hysterical outburst were fully unleashed by this young actor.

He is an actor with great potential.

As expected, the family was still late, but they were helped by kind-hearted people.

The plot is nearing its end, and Cisco, having reached this point, has already anticipated the final outcome, which is no different from other movies.

But he was wrong. Just when everyone thought that little Oliver would win against these professionally trained opponents with a cute dance.

The biggest explosion of the entire series has occurred!

Oliver, who had always been a silly and adorable little girl, suddenly ignited the entire audience with a high-energy striptease!

"oh!"

"Nice!"

The audience couldn't help but make noise during the film; the story's development was unexpected yet incredibly exciting!

Grandpa's image leaps off the screen again; this lovable rascal, you're something else!

Even Cisco couldn't help but smile when he saw this scene. The young director Chen An had indeed not disappointed him and had given him a pleasant surprise.

When little Olive's performance was disrupted, her loving family rushed onto the stage to protect her, allowing her to continue performing and performing with her.

This brings the trip to a perfect close.

Finally, the dilapidated car started again, crashing through the guardrail, and the family, now somewhat changed, began their journey home.

The film has officially ended.

Instead of continuing to write in his notebook, Cisco started clapping.

A round of applause erupted in the theater, indicating that the movie was quite good. Jerry's confidence grew even more as he watched this.

The main creators then went on stage to answer questions from the audience.

Cisco didn't ask any questions, but quietly watched Chen An answer on stage. Before leaving, he said to him, "Chen, although this movie didn't meet my expectations, it is undeniably still an excellent film."

As the show ended, I left the theater with the others.

They were all busy, either watching the next movie or rushing home to write film reviews.

"Chen, it seems our film performed quite well," Jerry said, thinking about the scene from earlier.

Chen An nodded, "At least the film critics like it. As for the audience, we'll have to see how they perform."

Let's wait and see.

The next day, film critic Cisco's review actually appeared on the front page of the newspaper.

"The recent 'Blair' movie caused a sensation in theaters, but I'm not reviewing that film. Instead, I'm reviewing another movie by a young Chinese director, Chen, called 'Little Miss Sunshine,' a genre completely opposite to the horror of the previous film. After watching this movie, I didn't even go see Julia Roberts' new film, whose actress played the young star, because I had to rush back to write this review."

As expected of a professional filmmaker, they conducted a thorough discussion and analysis of the film without revealing any plot details.

The initial calm builds up to the breathtaking explosion at the final moment.

The film's shortcomings were also mentioned and addressed, but ultimately a recommendation was given.

It's a family-friendly, inspirational road movie.

And a message reveals the film's message: if you have a dream, you should pursue it, no matter how far away it may seem!

(End of this chapter)