Wayang Boy

2014 Singaporean film
  • Denzyl Dharma
  • Law Kar-ying
  • Michelle Yim
  • Chantel Liu [zh]
  • Chen Tianwen
  • Kym Ng
  • Chua Enlai
  • Bobby Tonelli
  • Suhaimi Yusof
CinematographyAmandi Wong
Production
companies
Brainchild Pictures
mm2 Entertainment
Release date
  • 13 November 2014 (2014-11-13)
Running time
107 minutesCountrySingaporeLanguagesMandarin
English

Wayang Boy (Chinese: 戏曲小子) is a 2014 Singaporean comedy-drama film directed by Raymond Tan, starring Denzyl Dharma, Law Kar-ying, Michelle Yim, Chantel Liu [zh], Chen Tianwen, Kym Ng, Chua Enlai, Bobby Tonelli and Suhaimi Yusof.

Cast

  • Denzyl Dharma as Raja
  • Law Kar-ying as Mr. Koay
  • Michelle Yim
  • Chantel Liu [zh]
  • Chen Tianwen as Henry
  • Kym Ng
  • Chua Enlai
  • Bobby Tonelli
  • Suhaimi Yusof
  • Loh Ren Jie as Xavier
  • Tan Wei Tian as Shi Han

Release

The film opened in theatres on 13 November 2014.[1][2]

Reception

Lin Mingwen of the My Paper rated the film 3 stars out of 5.[3]

Boon Chan of The Straits Times rated the film 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote that the film "gets bogged down with Tan framing the subject matter as one of foreigners versus Singaporeans and then piling on more of such examples."[4]

References

  1. ^ "《戏曲小子》星期日2见面会". Shin Min Daily News. Singapore. 24 October 2014.
  2. ^ 李亦筠 (11 November 2014). "罗家英演出《戏曲小子》：声带若不恢复恐退出唱坛". Lianhe Zaobao. Singapore.
  3. ^ 林明文 (13 November 2014). "印族小孩爱唱戏". My Paper. Singapore.
  4. ^ Chan, Boon (12 November 2014). "Bogged down by pointless sideshows". The Straits Times. Singapore.