Be There or Be Square

1998 · 103 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 1,383 VOTES · DIR. Feng Xiaogang

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Overview

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".

Dialogue Timeline — 964 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:20 Cut!
00:05:05 Right?
00:08:20 The more reason to help them.
00:13:11 You are always doing this to me.
00:18:31 If you would consider purchasing a policy from Frank Insurance
00:23:37 If I was your sister would you let rne be a strip dancer?
00:27:59 - So what are you doing? - BMW
00:31:07 Don't change your mind, we're almost there.
00:36:22 The lord bless you...
00:40:02 Enough of the help you stuff. Hurry up and get a rental van over here.
00:43:19 This place is worse than the guest houses back home.
00:49:12 What you do.
00:53:41 I was really depressed for a while.
00:57:11 I can smell them. My sense of smell is great since I lost my sight.
01:00:29 To see a friend.
01:04:39 with all those police cars out there?
01:08:17 Your credentials
01:10:49 before you do "you know what"
01:14:15 allowing the warmth from the Indian Ocean into Tibet?
01:19:47 But we feel Temoqi talk.
01:22:46 it's something you can want but you have to wait for it.
01:29:40 Can you do me a favor?
01:36:39 What are you doing on the plane?
01:40:55 Let me have a check to see any other part of your body is fake.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed964
Dialogue density9.4 lines / min
First line00:01:20
Final line01:40:55

Production Record

DirectorFeng Xiaogang
LanguageChinese
Revenue$5,899,580
IMDb votes1,383