The writer-director-actor-choreographer Stephen Chow disappoints mightily with CJ7, a dreary follow-up to his witty international hit Kung Fu Hustle.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Feb 6, 2018

Personally I found it silly but charming.

| Nov 30, 2017

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 16, 2011

Has the same moral and thematic contours of E.T. or an old-school Disney animated fable, but with the panache we've come to expect from the creator of Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle

| Apr 28, 2011

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 4, 2011

What charm CJ7 has is of the Saturday-morning variety, built upon a tiresome mixture of slapstick humor and comic-book action.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Sep 4, 2009

Diluindo seu senso de humor anárquico e cartunesco no intuito de criar um filme família, Chow concebe apenas uma história formulaica, artificial em seu sentimentalismo barato e sem a menor graça.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | May 6, 2009

The tone veers wildly from sentimental family drama to cartoonish fantasy, and some of the attempts at humor badly misfire.

| Feb 20, 2009

Chow's child-like sense of wonder is no guarantee that he can make a suitable film for kids.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 25, 2008

He knows he's the hundredth director to rip off E.T.: he's just going to do it better, and with jokes fit for a vintage Warner Brothers cartoon. [Blu-Ray]

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 13, 2008

In spite of the hole the writers dig themselves in accidentally turning the main hero in to a really unlikable presence, "CJ7" is a great twist on the boy meets alien tale...

| Aug 13, 2008

Despite its flaws, this is an entertaining fantasy adventure that both kids and adults will enjoy. Worth seeking out.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 8, 2008

Directed by and starring Stephen Chow of Kung Fu Hustle fame, it's definitely one only for the kiddies - those who are prepared to read subtitles. Should be a smash hit, then.

| Aug 8, 2008

Good for kids, probably of all ages.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 8, 2008

Chow's kung fu fans may be disappointed that he's made a family film, but on its own terms it's well crafted, quite touching and frequently LOL.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 8, 2008

Whimsical, knockabout and slightly out there, it's an enticing watch and one which more adventurous young audiences won't find too alien.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 8, 2008

There are some nice surreal touches, such as getting enormous adults to play two of the eight-year-olds. But I can't forgive Chow for a misjudged and frankly offensive ending, which is culpably evasive about the reality of life and death.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 8, 2008

With its fast action, cute critters and schoolyard antics, children and fans of Kung Fu Hustle should enjoy Stephen Chow's CJ7, which further cements his reputation as a commercially gifted director.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 8, 2008

Chow's film is a charming, funny illustration of family life that explores the notion of being given a second chance. A kids' comedy with a heart.

| Original Score: 4/6 | Aug 8, 2008

Chow loves his comedic exaggerations, and for good reason: he executes silly with dazzling skill. CJ7 might be a minutely less aggressive production from Chow, but that doesn't make it any less unreal or hilarious.

| Original Score: B+ | Jul 29, 2008