【電影簡介】

該片由5段故事組成。北漂屌絲男陳鋒在好友的告別單身派對上對白領沈彥一見鐘情，隨后兩人開展了熱戀，不料不久后兩人未婚先孕，二人準備結婚但卻遭到了沈彥母親的反對，此時沈的有錢前男友洪江又再次出現了。與此同時陳鋒的老板吳崢由于出軌被老婆張蕾發現，憤怒的張蕾深夜畫著濃妝走出了家門。張蕾的老板劉輝與佳玲秘密來到希臘偷情，卻不料兩人因為意見不合險些吵翻。劉輝的女兒陽陽發現隔壁班的男生經常跟自己搭乘同一輛車回家，意外認識后兩人無話不談，微妙的感情在兩人心中產生。男孩的姥姥得了絕癥，樂觀的她決定給老伴找一個新的伴侶協助他走過余生，一名海歸老太太走進了老兩口的生活。

【音頻文本】

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.

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