''My Geeky Nerdy Buddies'' () is a 2014

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...

film directed by

Kevin Chu Kevin Chu or Chu Yen-ping (; born December 1950) is a Taiwanese film director. Chu once said in an interview that he is "not an artist," but rather "a movie factory that puts out products to match the season", and is compared to Hong Kong directo ...

. A Chinese-Taiwanese co-production, it was released on July 10, 2014, in China but the film was withdrawn on the next day, citing "malicious competition" from the studio

Bona Film Group Bona Film Group Company Limited (, formerly known as Beijing Polybona Film Distribution Co. Ltd. (保利博纳电影发行有限公司) ), also known as Polybona Films or the Bona Film Group, is a Chinese production company and distributor of fi ...

. The film stars

Jam Hsiao Jam Hsiao Ching-teng (, born 30 March 1987) is a Taiwanese singer and actor. At the age of 17, while still in high school, he began working as a restaurant singer. In May 2007, Hsiao took part in the first season of China Television (CTV)'s sta ...

as A Zhai, and Jiang Shuying as Yaling.

Summary

Otaku and his roommate Mr. Cheap are known as the ultimate geeks of their university. However, like any normal guy, their goal is to fall in love with the girls of their dreams. To get close to his goddess Mei, Mr. Cheap pretends to be a spoiled rich kid, appearing everywhere she goes. Meanwhile, the introverted Otaku tries to create a chance to talk to class beauty Ling by running into her in the hallway, only to have his plan fail awkwardly.

Cast

as A Zhai 阿宅 * Jiang Shuying as Yaling 雅玲 * Da Peng as Kou Nan 摳男 *

Xie Na Xie Na (; born May 6, 1981) is a Chinese host, singer and actress. She is best known for having co-hosted the Hunan Satellite TV program Happy Camp (variety show), ''Happy Camp''. She holds the Guinness World Records for the first person to acc ...

as Chuan Mei 川美 *

Chen Bor-jeng Chen or Ch'en may refer to: People *Chen (surname) (陳 / 陈), a common Chinese surname *Chen (singer) (born 1992), member of the South Korean-Chinese boy band EXO * Chen Chen (poet) (born 1989), Chinese-American poet * (), a Hebrew first na ...

as Lao Zhai 老宅 *Cai Weijia as Gao Gao Di 高高迪 *

Chang Chin-lan Chang Chin-lan (; 1917–1975) was a Taiwanese judge. She was the first female judge in the Republic of China, as well as the first female justice on the Supreme Court of the Republic of China. She became the first female to serve as the Judge of ...

as A Mei 阿梅 *Shanny A *Popping Kuang *

Matt Wu Matt Wu Chung-tien (; born July 5, 1981) is a Taiwanese actor, film director and screenwriter. His short film ''Stairway'' (四十三階) won Best Asian Short Film Award at the 19th Busan International Film Festival in 2014. Personal life In 20 ...

as Wu Shouzheng 吳守正 *Tony Chen *

Lin Mei-hsiu Lin Mei-hsiu ( zh, c=林美秀, poj=Lîm Bí-siù; born 6 June 1967) is a Taiwanese actress and television host. She strived with her perseverance and later produced signature works and become well known in Taiwan. Lin has starred in various ge ...

as Yaling's mom 雅玲媽

Reception

It has grossed NT$5.02 million in

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References

2014 romantic comedy films 2014 films Chinese romantic comedy films Films directed by Kevin Chu Taiwanese romantic comedy films 2010s Mandarin-language films 2010s Chinese films {{2010s-China-film-stub