The Teenage Textbook Movie
The Teenage Textbook Movie is a film adaptation of Adrian Tan's bestselling 1988 novel The Teenage Textbook. It is a lighthearted look at the lives of four students in Singapore as they start junior college.[1]
| The Teenage Textbook Movie | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Phillip Lim |
| Written by | Philip Lim Haresh Sharma Edmund Tan |
| Produced by | Jonathan Foo |
| Starring | Melody Chen Caleb Goh Steven David Lim Lim Hwee Sze Chong Chee Kin |
| Edited by | Walter Tan |
| Distributed by | Cathay |
Release date | November 1998 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Singapore |
| Language | English |
Premise
When Mui Ee attends Paya Lebar Junior College with her best friend Sissy Song, she encounters a new life form: boys. There are many, but only one will win her heart.
Cast
- Melody Chen[1] as Mui Ee
- Caleb Goh[1] as Chung Kai
- Steven David Lim as Daniel Boon
- Lim Hwee Sze[2] as Sissy Song
- Chee Hin Chong as Hok Sean
- Vivian Wang as Miss Boon
- Darryl David as Captain Hari
- Randall Tan as Tom D'Cruz
- Neo Swee Lin as Mui Ee's mother
Reception
Yong Siew Fern of The New Paper rated the film 3 stars out of 5 and wrote that "Unobtrusive acting and music-video editing combine to make this movie very much like your teen years - it will pass at its strolling pace, but it will be entertaining."[3] Tan of Sinema felt that the "script was very well-written and although some parts were a little off in execution, it was an amazing adaptation of the book.".[4]
References
- "The Teenage Textbook updated for Gen Z in new TV series". sg.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- "The Teenage Textbook Movie". Sinema.SG. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- Yong, Siew Fern (13 November 1998). "Teenage Textbook ... It's a tease". The New Paper. Singapore.
- Tan, D (28 December 2006). "Film Review: 'The Teenage Textbook'". Retrieved 3 October 2023.