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I fully support this movie, even though I have almost always not taken an interest in Singaporean movies (BTW, I used to live in Singapore). It talks about the lack of communication and understanding between parents and their children, which can lead to disastrous consequences. Nowadays parents don't understand adolescents, why they use slang ('so lame', 'cool man' and 'whatever', as used by the boys in the movie), why they behave in such a different way and why they are so naive.
Jerry, the youngest boy, tells the whole story through his eyes, and I personally found the part when he was so desperate about finding out how babies came about (sex education, people, there's nothing disgusting about it, except for the fact that a young primary school boy is talking about it) funny.
The other boys, who all study in the same school, face problems in their class, from possessing a porn CD to getting into a fight with the teacher to the unwillingness to learn Chinese, which the teacher emphasises so much on. Soon, with all the stress coming from their parents and at school, the boys turn into gangsters, who smoke, hang out, rob people and you know, all the bad stuff (like I said, disastrous consequences).
Personally, I think it's a great movie that parents and kids should watch together, so that they may understand each other better. Oh, and by the way, they filmed the movie in the school which I used to go to, Saint Hilda's Primary School, and I still remember the day when the hall was out of bounds and there were teachers patrolling the area to keep away nosy students.
score 8/10
IcePhoenix101 10 January 2007
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