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Cell Phone

Original title: Shou ji
  • 2003
  • 1h 47m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
1.6K
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Cell Phone (2003)
ComedyDrama

Follows the story of a television host who's hidden so much personal and secret information on his phone, that when it gets out, catastrophe strikes.Follows the story of a television host who's hidden so much personal and secret information on his phone, that when it gets out, catastrophe strikes.Follows the story of a television host who's hidden so much personal and secret information on his phone, that when it gets out, catastrophe strikes.

  • Director
    • Xiaogang Feng
  • Writer
    • Zhenyun Liu
  • Stars
    • You Ge
    • Fan Xu
    • Guoli Zhang
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  • IMDb RATING
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    1.6K
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    • Director
      • Xiaogang Feng
    • Writer
      • Zhenyun Liu
    • Stars
      • You Ge
      • Fan Xu
      • Guoli Zhang
    • 2User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 18 nominations total

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    You Ge
    You Ge
    • Yan Shouyi
    Fan Xu
    Fan Xu
    • Shen Xue
    Guoli Zhang
    Guoli Zhang
    • Fei Muo
    Bingbing Fan
    Bingbing Fan
    • Wu Yue
    Lu Zhang
    • Yu Wen Juan
    Kuier Zhao
    Kuier Zhao
    • Li Yan
    • (as Zhao Kuie)
    Tongsheng Han
    • Yu Wenjuan's Brother
    Suying Huang
    Suying Huang
    • Yan's Grandmother
    Xin Yang
    Xin Yang
    • Lu Gui Hua…
    Mei Yong
    Mei Yong
    • Xiao Su
    Mingzong Chu
    • Young Yan Shouyi
    Hao Dong
    • Student of Drama training class
    Wei Fan
    Wei Fan
    • Brick brother
    Yubin Fu
    • Bridegroom
    Ailing Huang
    • Sister-in-law
    Jianxiang Huang
    • Student of Drama training class
    Ping Ju
    • Student of Drama training class
    Bin Li
    • Student of Drama training class
    • Director
      • Xiaogang Feng
    • Writer
      • Zhenyun Liu
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    Brutally realistic, deadly in real life, recommended for everyone

    That is, recommended for every wife whose hubby is going to China for "business trips". The literal translation of the title of this movie is: Cell Phone. The original intent of the film crew was to make a social satire, or light hearted social critic work, but the result were totally out of expectation and got out of hand. Although the story itself is a fake, but identical and similar incidents happens way too frequently in real life, and in fact, that is main reason why this movie was made. What got out of control was that many wives in real life strongly believe that their husbands cheats exactly like the one in the movie and these wives checks the messages of their husbands' cell phones to find out if there is any messages or calls from the possible mistresses, and many cheating husbands were caught this way in real life, whether it was real relationship with real mistresses, or virtual reality distant relationship via internet and wireless network (The latter is also considered cheating by Chinese). Another of the problem this movie was blamed by husbands and boyfriends was that even if it is proved that the guys were not cheating, the wives or girlfriends still check their husbands' or boyfriends' cell phone because such inspection prevent cheating from happening, serving as a deterrent, and when guys tried to delete the messages in their cell phone like the husbands in the movie, the girlfriends or wives only believed that they were trying to hide their cheating like the wife in the movie. Obviously, such behaviors created a lot of problems in real life and this movie was blamed (mostly by man, while it is cheered by most women, though). The debate is still raging on until this day. The unexpected problems caused by this movie was not only limited to China, Taiwan suffered also when this movie was aired, and many couples broke up as a result. There are others who went bankrupt. For example, a construction contractor's wife was so suspicious that she checked on every potential customer who made calls to her hubby's cell phone and many got fed up and took their business elsewhere, and as a result, the contractor went bankrupt.

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    • Release date
      • December 18, 2003 (China)
    • Country of origin
      • China
    • Language
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • 手機
    • Production companies
      • Huayi Brothers Advertising
      • Taihe Film Investment Co. Ltd.
      • China Film Group Corporation (CFGC)
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      • CN¥7,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 47 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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