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High School Love

The Chinese movie Just for Meeting You (badly translated, my guess is it should have been Just to Meet You) has a delightful little old-fashioned romance between two high school students. This is very G-rated, and there isn't so much as one kiss, so you really watch it for the characters.

The premise: Yang Si Huo (Sonh Wei Long), a high school boy who longs for outer space but is otherwise a slacker and a goof-off, and new transfer student Xu Nian Nian (Liu Hao Cun), a lovely, smart but somewhat mysterious girl who becomes the object of his pranks. This evolves into a close friendship as they discover they're kindred spirits, but then college opportunities separate them. A few years later they reunite after Nian Nian finds a hidden letter Si Huo gave her before they graduated. I won't spoil the rest but the ending is particularly satisfying as it reveals the mystery of Nian Nian's character and why they used this title for the movie.

This is a feel-good watch, and the character development is especially well-done. Song Wei Long is as fantastic as ever, and while he looks a smidge too old to play a high school student, he does pull it off with his acting. Liu Hao Cun likewise did a great job with her character. I wouldn't mind watching this again. Available on Viki.com.

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