'Dream Factory' remake??

I haven't had a chance to see this yet, but it seems reminiscent of a 1997 Feng/Ge collaboration, "The Dream Factory". This is the IMDB synopsis:

Four friends come up with an unusual idea to make some money and have fun doing it. For a small fee, they will impersonate and act out any character role for their customers. In the course of executing this novel service, they encounter a whole spectrum of people in society, finding ways to genuinely help them boost their morale and overcome their fears, while gaining unusual and new insights into the human condition.

I enjoyed it, and noticed that it has a higher rating than this new incarnation. Are they comparable? How do they compare?