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 byPhillip Lim
Written byPhilip Lim
Haresh Sharma
Edmund Tan
Produced byJonathan Foo
StarringMelody Chen
Caleb Goh
Steven David Lim
Lim Hwee Sze
Chong Chee Kin
Edited byWalter Tan
Distributed byCathay
Release date
  • November 1998 (1998-11)
Running time
100 minutes
CountrySingapore
LanguageEnglish

Premise

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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

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  • 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 Kin 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

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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

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  1. ^ a b c "The Teenage Textbook updated for Gen Z in new TV series". sg.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  2. ^ "The Teenage Textbook Movie". Sinema.SG. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  3. ^ Yong, Siew Fern (13 November 1998). "Teenage Textbook ... It's a tease". The New Paper. Singapore.
  4. ^ Tan, D (28 December 2006). "Film Review: 'The Teenage Textbook'". Retrieved 3 October 2023.
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