Review of CJ7 (2008) by Walter M — 18 May 2009

[font=Century Gothic]In "CJ7," Dicky Chow(Jiao Xu) attends a private elementary school in order to have the advantages his father(Stephen Chow, who also wrote, directed and produced), a construction worker, never had. But that leaves no money left over for anything else. Well, it does not matter so much since having each other is what is really important...at least until every kid at school has a new robot toy that Dicky wants badly. On one of his scrounging trips to the local dump, he finds something even cooler for his son which is left behind by a UFO.[/font].

[font=Century Gothic]Like Stephen Chow's previous efforts, "CJ7" also takes the side of the underdog while entertaining the audience. However, this one is a bit of a letdown as it is not that original and is aimed purely at kids. Whereas the movie takes much needed shots at materialism and bullies, it is troubling at the same time that it seemingly comes down in favor of corporal punishment as Dicky even gets locked in a cabinet by his father at one point.[/font].