《What does it mean to be a couple?》Box office exceeded 100 million yuan: Shen Chunyang made his directorial debut

 The National Day comedy movie - What's the Meaning of Couple - ushered in a new box office node.As of 12:09 on October 3, the film's cumulative box office exceeded 100 million yuan.The film is directed and starred by Shen Chunyang for the first time, with Xiao Shenyang playing the husband Shen Mo and Shen Chunyang playing the wife You Tianyi.The real-life couple enters into a screen identity exchange, which also gives this comedy a distinct observation of life from its inception.

The story begins with an accident.Silence and You Tianyi exchanged souls, and could only continue to go to work and deal with family affairs while carrying each other's body.Both people think they understand what their partner faces every day, but when they truly enter the other person's situation, the familiar life immediately becomes unfamiliar.The way of speaking, working habits and interpersonal relationships must be imitated on a temporary basis. Any mistake in any detail may expose the identity.

Soul Swap sets two levels of tasks for actors.Xiao Shenyang needs to play Shen Shen, and also needs to show You Tianyi's movements and reactions after entering Shen Shen's body; Shen Chunyang also needs to complete the character of her husband in the shell of her own character.The two actors have lived together for a long time and are familiar enough with each other's expressions, tones and habits that these observations can be transformed into laughs that the audience can recognize at a glance.

It was Shen Chunyang's first time as a film director, and he chose the couple's relationship and Northeast comedy that he was familiar with.The director also has to coordinate the narrative rhythm, actor performance and emotional focus off-camera. The task is far more complicated than acting alone.She puts identity swapping into ordinary people's work and families, and makes fantasy settings fall into specific scenes such as driving, meetings, socializing, and neighborhood interactions.

The film invited comedians such as Jia Bing, Yu Yang, Li Chen, Xu Juncong and Li Fei to join the cast.The rhythms and performance methods of different actors are put into the same set of life relationships. Some are good at creating contrast with serious tone, some are responsible for amplifying misunderstandings, and some can catch the burden with just a pause or a look.The group portrait lineup allows the impact of the couple to switch identities to spread to the entire workplace and circle of friends.

Deputy District Chief Zheng, played by Jia Bing, provides a lot of pressure on the workplace line.After the soul exchange, Silence needs to deal with her boss and colleagues, but cannot fully grasp her husband's original work logic.The more you try to act the same as usual, the easier it is for your words and actions to go off track.People around him noticed the abnormality, but it was difficult to think of the real reason. They would only use their own understanding to make up for the changes in front of them.

The family line brings laughter back to the small differences in marriage.Partners often hear each other complaining, but they may not be able to understand where the fatigue comes from.Swapping identities forces the two to take on each other's agenda personally and makes visible labor that had been ignored in the past.When they continue to use their original judgments to solve problems, the conflict will escalate; only by learning to think according to their partner's situation will the relationship have a chance to loosen.

Identity swapping is not an unfamiliar comedy type. The way the film seeks freshness is to add a clear geographical and character temperament to it.Northeastern language rhythms, lively interactions in acquaintance society, and straightforward arguments between couples are all closer to daily life than simply creating physical dislocation.The audience often laughs not just at the characters making fools of themselves, but also at the familiar family conversations.

Xiao Shenyang and Shen Chunyang have long-term cooperation experience on the stage, but their screen performances require more detailed control.The camera will capture brief hesitations and subtle expressions, and exaggerated movements should also serve the character's situation.When two people imitate each other, if they only pursue external similarities, the laughter will easily stop at the surface; only by acting out the personality and pressure behind the habits can the exchange truly promote changes in the relationship.

The National Day movies are concentrated in genres, and comedies need to win over both family audiences and young audiences.Breaking 100 million yuan shows that "What Does It Mean to Couple" has gained certain market attention, and also gives Shen Chunyang's directorial debut a clear stage performance.Box office figures will still change with film schedules, attendance and word-of-mouth. Crossing the line is just a node in the schedule competition, and subsequent performance depends on whether the audience is willing to continue to recommend it.

What is most likely to arouse discussion in the film is the way real couples work together to complete the screen couple.The audience knows the real relationship between Xiao Shenyang and Shen Chunyang, and will naturally connect the character interaction with their life experiences.The movie needs to take advantage of this sense of familiarity, but also allow Silence and You Tianyi to maintain their independent identities, and not allow the characters to be completely covered by the actors themselves.

After the box office exceeded 100 million yuan, the highlight of "What Does It Mean to Be a Couple" still lies in how the two people changed at the end of the exchange.Fantasy accidents are responsible for disrupting life, and comedians are responsible for making laughter. In the end, the story still has to answer whether the couple can understand each other again.Shen Chunyang sat in the director's chair for the first time and chose to complete the opening with the most familiar partner and the most daily relationship. This 100 million yuan node also left the first market coordinate for her director career.