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  • 2010
  • PG
  • Twentieth Century Fox
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2010
  • PG
  • Twentieth Century Fox
  • 1 h 33 m

Summary During Hong Kong's hottest summer on record, seven stories crisscross, magically intertwining and affecting each other: A chauffeur and a foot masseuse romance through text messages, unaware of each other's identities; an innocent factory girl asks her admirer to stand outside in the heat for 100 days to prove his love; a sushi chef prep...

Directed By: Tony Chan, Wing Shya

Written By: Lucretia Ho, Tony Chan

  • 2010
  • PG
  • Twentieth Century Fox
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2010
  • PG
  • Twentieth Century Fox
  • 1 h 33 m

Hot Summer Days (Chuen sing yit luen - yit lat lat)

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary During Hong Kong's hottest summer on record, seven stories crisscross, magically intertwining and affecting each other: A chauffeur and a foot masseuse romance through text messages, unaware of each other's identities; an innocent factory girl asks her admirer to stand outside in the heat for 100 days to prove his love; a sushi chef prep...

Directed By: Tony Chan, Wing Shya

Written By: Lucretia Ho, Tony Chan

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
52
33% Positive
2 Reviews
50% Mixed
3 Reviews
17% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
52
33% Positive
2 Reviews
50% Mixed
3 Reviews
17% Negative
1 Review

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70
Do they have date movies in China? Probably, and Hot Summer Days, an enjoyable concoction of loosely intertwined stories of love and obsession, is just right for that purpose.
By Neil Genzlinger FULL REVIEW
70
While the film is slight, predictable, and familiar, it's great popcorn fare.
By Ernest Hardy FULL REVIEW
50
Unlike the similarly multi-strand "Valentine's Day," Hot Summer Days has heart, however overstated most of its action.
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50
Bubbles along with a jaunty but unoriginal blend of the sweet, tart, cute and weepy.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW
50
Hot Summer Days makes a lukewarm case for global warming. It's a better argument that the production of mindless fluff is not just limited to Hollywood.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
20
It's less a film than one long advertisement for itself-and for the fact that mindless entertainment truly knows no borders.
By Eric Hynes FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Fox International Productions (FIP), Hot Summer Pictures, Huayi Brothers Media, Star Television
Release Date Oct 1, 2010
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating PG
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Awards

Hong Kong Film Awards
• 2 Nominations
Beijing Student Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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