Give Me Five 哥，你好 China, 2022, colour, 2.35:1, 110 mins. Director: Zhang Luan 张栾. Rating: 5/10. Time-travel comedy – largely set back in the 1980s – has a strong cast and first half, but runs out of wit and puff. STORY A city in China, 2021. Xiaowu (Chang Yuan), 30, lost his mother soon after … Continue reading Review: Give Me Five (2022) →
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