【電影簡介】

電影《心花路放》講述了耿浩（黃渤飾）在生活中遭遇了情感危機，面對情感的背叛，耿浩陷入難以自拔的痛苦之中。好基友郝義（徐崢飾）為了幫助他擺脫痛苦，于是一對“暴走兄弟”帶上一只狗，開始了一段搞笑的瘋狂的獵艷之旅。

【音頻文本】

For Chinese cinema-goers, the 2014 National Day Holiday is perhaps all about Huang Bo.

In Peter Chan's "Dearest", which hits the cinemas on September 25th, the Chinese actor plays a divorced father traveling all over the country looking for a kidnapped son. It is a tear jerking semi-documentary based on a true story, yet Huang is not able to deliver his knock-out punch, due to the film's unsatisfactorynarrative.

But that's okay. Since September 30th, he also appears in Ning Hao's road trip comedy "Breakup Buddies". And quite coincidentally, he takes on the character of a divorced man once again. Unlike "Dearest" which tries to relieve viewers of their tears, "Breakup Buddies" is hilarious almost to the point of vulgarity. Atthe same time it incorporates the sarcasm of a realist and the compassion of a parish priest.

Yes, this is the same Ning Hao who made "Crazy Stone" and "Silver Medalist", which were mostly characterized by realism and black humor. Starting from "No Man's Land", the director began to deviate from his previous style. In 2013, when the black comedy was finally released in Chinese cinemas, many viewers, who were accustomed to the dark undertone of Ning Hao's films were surprised by its somewhat happy ending. They believe it was the result of a compromise at the end of a four-year struggle for a screening permit. But withthe release of "Breakup Buddies", fans and critics begin to think twice.

"Breakup Buddies" is much more than a theatre of absurdity. It is of course immensely fun to see two best friends stumbling into all kinds of crazy stuff. Huang Bo and Xu Zheng's characters are thrown into a torrent of extraordinary encounters involving inaccessible teens, beautiful lesbians, fractious prostitutes and ineffectual mobsters.

It is equally amusing to appreciate Ning Hao and storywriter Yue Xiaojun's interpretation of mid-life crisis. After a series of misfortunes on the road, Huang Bo's character finally decides to walk out of the shadow of a failed marriage and face up to his problems. It is a hard-won revelation, so Huang Bo is given plenty of opportunities to show off his skills. During the process, Ning Hao also flexes some muscles, touting his mastery of multiple-narrative and adding an element of surprise to what could been a loosely-connected travel log.

"Breakup Buddies" is the director's second happy-ending story in a row. Critics may wonder why the director walks out the shadow of his previous styles. But I bet most viewers would simply content themselves witha good story.

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