d-04806 Review of Goodbye Mr. Loser

Goodbye Mr. Loser (2015)

A good comedy, with a "chicken soup" style ending, but good enough

[8/10 · 21 November 2020]

In the movie, Xia Luo (portrayed by Shen Teng) is on his way to his high school crush's wedding. To hide from his raging wife, who barged in during the wedding, he ducks into the bathroom. When he comes out, he's back in high school. Even though it all turns out to be a dream and he never time traveled, everything he has in the dream represents what he subconsciously thinks he wants. Fame. Money. Success. A beautiful wife. But in reality, he doesn't even know what he wants. When he is poor, he wants riches. When he is rich, he wants his original (poor) life back. In real life, his mother is dead, so in his dream, she is alive. In real life, he is poor, so in the dream, he is rich, etc. But he eventually realizes that all the money and fame only make him even more miserable than he was before. His mother starts dating his friend, his wife cheats on him, etc. His "dream life" is beginning to shatter. The lesson of this movie was very valuable (be happy with what you have), but kind of chicken soup-y. However, overall, I would say it's a good parody on the "dream lives" of many of us.