Stephen Chow's "The New King of Comedy" has a bad reputation. Netizens: It's just a rehash of old stuff

In 1999, “The King of Comedy” was released. Stephen Chow was both the director and the lead actor. It became a classic of a generation, with a Douban score of 8.6, which is better than 96% of comedies and 96% of romance films.

20 years later, "The New King of Comedy" was finally officially released on the first day of the Lunar New Year. The film tells the story of Ru Meng, an older young woman from a small town who has been a supporting actress for more than ten years and is working hard to pursue her dream of becoming an actress.

The new film is still directed by Stephen Chow, but the word of mouth is not very good. It currently has a score of only 6.0 on Douban, which is only better than 21% of comedy films and 9% of drama films. The most popular comments also focus on "telling old jokes, selling feelings, and rehashing old things."

Of course, some netizens think the film is good. "It can't be called brilliant, but it's an above-average film that I can watch it with great concentration... It's the same story of the little people striving for success, and the same inspirational story."

According to the CBO real-time box office chart, "The New King of Comedy" had fallen to fifth place on February 7, accounting for 6.4% of the box office.