【电影简介】

该片由5段故事组成。北漂屌丝男陈锋在好友的告别单身派对上对白领沈彦一见钟情，随后两人开展了热恋，不料不久后两人未婚先孕，二人准备结婚但却遭到了沈彦母亲的反对，此时沈的有钱前男友洪江又再次出现了。与此同时陈锋的老板吴峥由于出轨被老婆张蕾发现，愤怒的张蕾深夜画着浓妆走出了家门。张蕾的老板刘辉与佳玲秘密来到希腊偷情，却不料两人因为意见不合险些吵翻。刘辉的女儿阳阳发现隔壁班的男生经常跟自己搭乘同一辆车回家，意外认识后两人无话不谈，微妙的感情在两人心中产生。男孩的姥姥得了绝症，乐观的她决定给老伴找一个新的伴侣协助他走过余生，一名海归老太太走进了老两口的生活。

【音频文本】

China's huge market potential has encouraged many novice directors to join the film rush. These fledgling newcomers fall into two categories: smart ones like author and businessman Guo Jingming who use modern information technology to pinpoint their target audience, and the others, who waste no time on the trivial, but design their products to target people of all age groups.

Chen Sicheng obviously belongs to the second category. His chick flick "Beijing Love Story" bears the samename as his popular TV series from 2012, but includes five incongruent stories about the least romantic aspects of love that could happen in any place outside Beijing. Chen himself and new wife Tong Liya lead thefirst story as two mismatched lovers, whose relationship is put to the test against an uncompromising mother-in-law and a seductive ex-boyfriend. Next, a married woman hesitates about getting back with her infidel husband. A middle-aged couple seeks to renew their passion. A high school student has a crush on his schoolmate. And an old man finds himself in a love triangle.

Each of the stories depicts a love-related dilemma that could get the viewers brooding for a while; however, the director allows very little time for such brain activity as he sweeps past the stories like a stormon a Gobi desert.

According to Chen, "Beijing Love Story" is an artistic film in a commercial guise. But apparently his understanding of art goes no further than singling out the so-called "issues of reality". I know that some contemporary Chinese people are obsessed with the "realistic" aspect of things, but I've always hated that notion, because the word is so often abused by people to justify their low taste and lack of imagination.

Viewers who can actually get over the realistic whining still need to tolerate some of the actors and actresses. Notably, the quality of acting corresponds with the age of the characters; the veterans, led by Siqin Gaowa and Wang Qingxiang are the most memorable, while the younger ones, including the director and wife, still need much weathering.

Before I went to see this film, a colleague of mine, based on her experience with the 2012 TV series, toldme to be ready for naivety. Well, director Chen Sicheng has tried very hard to sound sophisticated in the movie version, only to prove that wisdom and skill cannot be acquired overnight, not even a wedding night.

轻松调频EZFM 微信mrweekly