Changing china

Subtitled “Life is Marvelous Because of You,” which is also the title of its theme song by the pop-punk band New Pants, this “inspirational” documentary follows six individuals of varied professions—a deliveryman/boxer, a doctor, a teacher, a policeman, a researcher, and the CEO of China's first private commercial rocket company—as they strive to pursue their dreams, big and small. While a 106-minute film cannot begin to represent all of China's multi-faceted modern society, it's a worthy attempt to record the present-day lives of ordinary people.