Our Times (2015)

Love grows where it isn't expected in this endearing romantic comedy coming of age movie.

Director:

Yu Shan Chen (as Frankie Chen)

Writer:

Yung-Ting Tseng (as Sabrina Tseng)

Stars:

Vivian Sung, Talu Wang, Dino Lee

3 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Vivian Sung	...	Truly Lin (younger)
Talu Wang	...	TaiYu (Younger) (as Ta-Lu Wang)
Dino Lee	...	Ouyang
Dewi Chien	...	Min-min
Berry Wen-i Kuo	...	Chao Hsiao-Chih
Yi-Chen Tsai	...	Mei-mei (as Bernice Tsai)
Alina Cheng	...	Shen Chia-Yi
Ian Chen	...	Ying Mu
He-Hsuan Lin	...	Da He (as Ho-Hsuan Lin)
Li-Tung Chang	...	Chang Chang-Tao
Kristy Cha Ray Chu	...	Teacher Chen
Hsin-Ling Chung	...	Lin's mother
Chieh-Hui Hsu	...	Lin Bei-yi (as Jeffery Hsu)
Wei-hsun Na	...	Wang Bai-Dan (as Jack Na)
Chung-Heng Chu	...	Chuan Chih-Hsien

Storyline

The movie takes us on a 20 year journey through through the life of the main character, Truly Lin. Seen mostly as a flashback to how her life wound up where it is, we follow Truly back to her senior high school year and watch as she teams up with TaiYu to break apart growing love between rivals Ouyang and Minmin. Through the course of the next year we watch all 4 teens mature, and in the end, nothing is as originally desired even though Truly and Taiyu wind up with whom they initially wanted.

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Plot Keywords:

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

Taiwan

Language:

Mandarin Min Nan

Release Date:

20 November 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Wo de shao nu shi dai

Box Office

Gross USA:

$847,020, 20 November 2015

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$85,259,922

Company Credits

Production Co:

Focus Films, Hualien Media International

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This movie is said to be the female lead version of You Are the Apple of My Eye (2011) since the lead character of this movie is a girl while the lead character of You Are the Apple of My Eye is a boy.

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Soundtracks

A Little Happiness
Music by JerryC
Lyrics by Shi-Chen Hsu & Hui-Fu Wu
Performed by Hebe Tien

User Reviews

A wholeheartedly beautiful movie...

Being a sucker for the Asian cinema, I needed no persuasion to sit down and watch "Our Times" when I was given the chance to do so. And prior to sitting down to watch it, I didn't even know what the movie was about. Nor did I actually know of its existence.

"Our Times" actually turned out to be quite a good movie, as it had a beautiful storyline, a good and detailed character gallery, a fair amount of comedy, and it had a good ensemble of cast.

What worked out well for the storyline was the way that writer Yung-Ting Tseng had manage to weave a story that spans over many years, revolving around the essential core characters of the storyline without losing the red line throughout the story as time passes by. But more so, also the adept approach of director Yu Shan Chen in bringing the script to life on the screen.

This is the kind of movie that will appeal to a broad variety of people in the audience, because there is a lot of different layers to the movie and lots of different topics.

The actors and actresses cast for the various roles and characters were doing really good jobs at bringing their respective characters to life on the screen. And it was a pure joy to watch their individual and collective performances in the movie.

"Our Times" was definitely a very enjoyable movie, one that is driven by a powerful and beautiful storyline, as well as a fantastic character gallery. This is the type of movie that you will easily be able to view more than just a single time around. I was thoroughly entertained by "Our Times" and can warmly recommend that you take the time to sit down and watch it, regardless of it you like Chinese cinema or not.