Just Another Pandora's Box

A beautiful mermaid (Jelly Lin) falls for a developer (Deng Chao) who threatens the ecosystem of her species.
Initial release: February 19, 2016 (USA)
Director: Stephen Chow
Box office: 551 million USD
Music composed by: Raymond Wong
Production companies: China Film Group Corporation, Alibaba Pictures, Beijing Enlight Pictures
Critic reviews
This contempo fairy tale about a mermaid who falls for the evil developer shes been sent to seduce and assassinate is strikingly relevant to China. Full review
Maggie Lee·Variety
At first glance, Mermaid looks like what might happen if Stephen Chow decided to cross-breed Splash and You’ve Got Mail with The Ladykillers and a terrifying nightmare I had when I was nine. Full review
Bilge Ebiri·Vulture
An exhilarating, bizarre, good-hearted, blatantly obvious sci-fi-fantasy-slapstick eco-fable. Full review
Glenn Kenny·New York Times