The Teenage Textbook Movie
1998 Singaporean film
- November 1998 (1998-11)
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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]
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
- ^ a b c "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.
External links
- The Teenage Textbook Movie at IMDb
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