Zhang Yimou's new feature doesn't have the resonance of some of his other work, but it's got pathos and charm. Zhao (Zhao Benshan) is an ageing chancer trying to woo a comfortably-off divorcee; to impress her, he claims to be the manager of the fictional Happy Times hotel and says he can get her blind teenage stepdaughter Wu Ying employed there as a masseuse - of the entirely respectable sort. He leads Wu into his fake "hotel massage room" in a deserted warehouse with his shiftless mates posing as customers paying with phoney bills made of cut-up brown paper. Not exactly laughter in the dark; the film has sweetness and lightness, with Dong Jie as the blind 15-year-old, unloved by her harsh stepmother, responding to Zhao's fatherly concern and treating his well-meant deceptions with dignity and tact.