''My Geeky Nerdy Buddies'' () is a 2014 mainland Chinese-Taiwanese

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

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 ...

. It was released on July 10, 2014, in China but the film was withdrawn on the next day, citing "malicious competition" from the studio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 Beijing Polybona Film Distribution Co. Ltd. (), also known as Polybona Films or the Bona Film Group, is a Chinese production company and distributor of films from mainland China and Hong Kong. It is run as a subsidiary of the China Poly Group, and ...

. 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 Jiang Shuying (, born 1 September 1986), also known as Maggie Jiang, is a Chinese actress. She was educated at Shanghai Theatre Academy and the University of East Anglia (MSc Media Economics, 2011). Career Jiang rose to fame for her role in the ...

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 *

as Yaling 雅玲 * Da Peng as Kou Nan 摳男 *

Xie Na Xie Na () (born May 6, 1981), also known as "Nana," is a Chinese host, singer and actress. She is famous for co-hosting the Hunan Satellite TV program Happy Camp with fellow hosts He Jiong, Li Weijia, Du Haitao, and Wu Xin. She graduated from ...

as Chuan Mei 川美 *

Chen Bor-jeng Chen 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 (born 1989), Chinese-American poet * (), a Hebrew first name or surname: * ...

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

Chang Chin-lan Chang Chin-lan (; 1917–1975) 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 the Judicial Yuan (Consti ...

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 200 ...

as Wu Shouzheng 吳守正 *Tony Chen *

Lin Mei-hsiu Lin Mei-hsiu (; born 6 June 1967) is a Taiwanese actress and television host. Filmography Television series Film Variety show Music video Theater Discography Singles Awards and nominations References External links * * ...

as Yaling's mom 雅玲媽

Reception

It has grossed

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5.02 million in

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References

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