Yolo

Yolo

8/3/2024 2h 9m 6.5/10

Overview

After an argument with her younger sister, Le Ying moves out on her own. She meets a boxing trainer and starts boxing.

Director

Jia Ling

Top Billed Cast

Yang Zi

Yang Zi

Doudou

Sha Yi

Sha Yi

Old Liang

Lei Jiayin

Lei Jiayin

Hao Kun

Jia Ling

Jia Ling

Le Ying

Zhang Xiaofei

Zhang Xiaofei

Le Dan

Qiao Shan

Qiao Shan

Shanzi

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

4/10/2024

7/10

"Le Ying" (Ling Jia) is a larger lass who has little success with anything save for half-drinking cola and sleeping for most of the day. She's been left a flat by her grandmother but her soon to be divorced sister "Dou Dou" (Zi Yang) needs some property if she is to be able to continue sending her daughter to private school. After initially agreeing to a transfer, a barney ensues and she storms out determined to find somewhere of her own to live. That means a job. Discipline. She gets a job in a BBQ joint for a boss who's a bit of a lecher, but she can deal with him. It's he who sends her to fetch some cigarettes from his car and that's where she rather curiously encounters "Hao Kun" (Jiayin Lei) who is a boxing coach at a gym round the corner. He's not having much success recruiting new clients so she agrees to be one. Now, on the face of it, she's not the most likely of boxers, but what now ensues sees her face a series of challenges that make her think deeply about who she is and who she wants to become. This reality check is only exacerbated by an appearance on her sister's rather comically cynical television talent show that makes "X Factor" look like "Mastermind" (though it does feature quite an entertaining strop between the panellists). The story itself meanders along a bit too slowly - it doesn't need to be over two hours long, but there can be no denying the effort put in by Ling Jia as her character comes to an empowering degree of self-realisation. It's a bit stereotypical, I suppose, but it's also quite frank and entertaining. It's can be funny, a little poignant and there's just the merest hint of chemistry between the two boxers. I doubt you'll remember it for long, and the ending is a bit of a muddle, but it is worth a watch.

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