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  • 2018
  • Shout! Studios
  • 1 h 17 m
  • 2018
  • Shout! Studios
  • 1 h 17 m

Summary A hard rain is about to fall on a small town in Southern China. In a desperate attempt to find money to save his fiancée’s failed plastic surgery, Xiao Zhang, a mere driver, steals a bag containing 1 million from his boss. News of the robbery spreads fast within the town and, over the course of one night, everyone starts looking for Xiao...

Directed By: Jian Liu

Written By: Jian Liu

  • 2018
  • Shout! Studios
  • 1 h 17 m
  • 2018
  • Shout! Studios
  • 1 h 17 m

Have a Nice Day

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
77
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings
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Summary A hard rain is about to fall on a small town in Southern China. In a desperate attempt to find money to save his fiancée’s failed plastic surgery, Xiao Zhang, a mere driver, steals a bag containing 1 million from his boss. News of the robbery spreads fast within the town and, over the course of one night, everyone starts looking for Xiao...

Directed By: Jian Liu

Written By: Jian Liu

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
77
88% Positive
14 Reviews
13% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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88% Positive
14 Reviews
13% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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100
Jan 26, 2018
Writer/director Liu Jian has taken familiar stylistic elements, and made them feel fresh, and exciting. Have a Nice Day may be Jian's second feature after "Piercing I," but it feels like a major breakthrough.
By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW
83
Feb 21, 2017
The vivid palette of Liu’s animation conveys a comic book-like exuberance to the proceedings, but the underlying socioeconomic frustration is very real.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 1, 2018
Liu gives you plenty to listen to, but don't forget to look: Beyond the formulaic thriller plotting and the showy verbiage, it's the movie's richly textured vision of urban decay that stays with you.
By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 21, 2017
Like in any good genre yarn, there are a lot of unexpected twists and turns as characters run into each other — often quite literally and sometimes even with their vehicles — in the desperate hope of getting their hands on the money.
By Boyd van Hoeij FULL REVIEW
75
Jan 26, 2018
A deadpan crime story with eccentric and fantastical touches, and a healthy sense of the absurd, “Have a Nice Day” makes a bold argument for Chinese animation as a fertile outlet for exploring the country’s more desperate, constricted lives, and the choices these people make.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
70
Jan 26, 2018
The surprisingly vibrant, hand-drawn images of Have a Nice Day revitalize the story’s more tired elements. It may not give us anything new, but Jian Liu’s film looks lovely and, at 77 minutes, doesn’t overstay its welcome. And sometimes that’s enough.
By Bilge Ebiri FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 21, 2018
It wants so hard to be "Pulp Fiction," but it ends up "8 Heads in a Duffel Bag."
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Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings
6.3
64% Positive
7 Ratings
18% Mixed
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18% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings
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18% Mixed
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18% Negative
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Production Company Jiamei Spring Pictures, Le-Joy Animation Studio, NeZha Bros. Pictures
Release Date Jan 26, 2018
Duration 1 h 17 m
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Website http://laaventuraaudiovisual.com/have-a-nice-day/
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Awards

Golden Horse Film Festival
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Pingyao International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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