My Geeky Nerdy Buddies

My Geeky Nerdy Buddies (Chinese: 大宅男) is a 2014 mainland Chinese-Taiwanese romantic comedy film directed by Kevin Chu.[1][2] It was released on July 10, 2014, in China but the film was withdrawn on the next day, citing "malicious competition" from the studio Bona Film Group.[3] The film stars Jam Hsiao as A Zhai, and Jiang Shuying as Yaling.

My Geeky Nerdy Buddies
Directed byKevin Chu
Written byKevin Chu
Tsung-han Tsai
StarringJam Hsiao
Jiang Shuying
Da Peng
Production
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Distributed byWarner Bros Inc (Taiwan)
Release dates
  • July 10, 2014 (2014-07-10) (Mainland China)
  • August 22, 2014 (2014-08-22) (Taiwan)
Running time
95 minutes
Countries
  • Mainland China
  • Taiwan
LanguageMandarin
Box officeNT$5.02 million (Taipei)

Summary

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Otaku and his roommate Mr. Cheap are known as the ultimate geeks of their university. However, like any normal guy, their goal is to fall in love with the girls of their dreams. To get close to his goddess Mei, Mr. Cheap pretends to be a spoiled rich kid, appearing everywhere she goes. Meanwhile, the introverted Otaku tries to create a chance to talk to class beauty Ling by running into her in the hallway, only to have his plan fail awkwardly.

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Reception

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It has grossed NT$5.02 million in Taipei.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kevin Ma (August 26, 2014). "The Four finale tops China box office". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  2. ^ 大宅男 大宅們 (2014). movie.douban.com (in Chinese). douban.com. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  3. ^ "Old Boys second-placed at China B.O." Film Business Asia. 2014-07-15. Archived from the original on 2014-07-17. Retrieved 2014-08-26.