20 Once Again
Shen Meng Jun is 70 year old widow whose family decides for her to go to a nursing home. Feeling forlorn, she wanders the streets and impulsively decides to take a final portrait at a photo studio she happens by. Upon leaving, to her astonishment she realizes that she has been transformed back into her 20 year old self. Given a magical second chance at youth, she changes her name to Meng Li Jun and decides to chase her dream of becoming a singer. Will she find success and love this second time around?
2 June 1944, Changsha City, Hunan Province, China
29 August 1968, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
6 November 1986, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
27 August 1983, Taipei, Taiwan
26 September 1974, Zunyi, Guizhou, China
20 April 1990, Beijing, China
January 17, 2015
Mining deeper emotions from the fanciful premise doesn't work out for the film, which gets tied down to a generic musical-contest subplot. It's a workable comedy that's sunk by its attempts to impersonate something else too.
