Movie: Be There or Be Square

Top 4 Billed Cast

Ge You
葛优

Liu Yuan

Xu Fan
徐帆

Li Qing

Bobby C. King
Bobby C. King

Masked robber

Feng Xiaogang
冯小刚

Cameo

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    The story of two Chinese immigrants' struggles in America. Yuan Liu has lived in LA for years. He has no stable job, no family and lives in a wagon. He seems content with his life until the day he meets Qing Li, a woman with the big "American dream".

  • Release Date

    1998-12-25

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    7.018

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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