The movie is based on a true story.

    As things start, Xiong Dun (Bai Baihe) is a 29-year-old commercial artist with a birthday coming up, a boyfriend who seems a bit embarrassed* by her free-spirited ways and some great friends in amateur boxer Lao Zheng (Zhang Zixuan), workaholic* and roommate Emmy (Li Yuan), and co-worker Xiao Xia (Liu Ruilin).

    On her birthday, she gets fired and finds out her boyfriend is seeing someone* else — before she passes out* in her apartment. When she wakes up, she’s in the hospital. Dr. Liang (Daniel Wu), a handsome oncologist*, tells Xiong she has lymphoma*.

    Xiong is self-centered. She spends a lot of time in her own head when she should be paying attention to the world around her. When she does have to face the seriousness of her condition later on, she doesn’t lose her hopefulness and charisma*.

    Dr. Liang develops a friendship with the courageous girl, who fancies* him to be her lover in her mind. When the doctor is not around, Xiong’s friends are entertaining enough, while Liu Lili and Li Jianyi play things more solemnly* as Xiong’s parents.

    Director Han Yan and the writers build a lot of funny scenes in both Xiong’s fantasies and real life that play into the cast’s comedic strengths, and the fantasies look good. When it is time to become more serious, the film slows its tempo well enough to make viewers feel natural.

    In real life, Xiong published a comic book, keeping records of her yearlong fight against tumor. Her upbeat* attitude inspired lots of people.

    The movie, however, doesn’t include the comics until the end credits, which will surely make the audience weep* along.

    The film is uneven at points, but it might be wrong if a comedy about someone with lymphoma wasn’t. To be honest, cancer is not something that people normally can make a lot of laugh out of. But the film puts a smile on viewers’ faces at unlikely times, and that is what Xiong Dun’s story is all about.(SD-Agencies)