Gone Shopping
{{Infobox film
| name = Gone Shopping
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| writer = Wee Li Lin
| starring = {{plainlist|
- Kym Ng
- Adrian Pang
- Aaron Kao
- Magdalene Tan
- Sonya Nair
}}
| music = Joe Ng
Alex Oh
| cinematography = Jackie Ong
| editing = Low Hwee Ling
| studio = Kismet Films
| director = Wee Li Lin
| producer = Fazila 'Fuzzy' Zainol Abideen
| distributor = Golden Village Entertainment
| released = {{Film date|2007|07|26|df=yes}}
| runtime = 104 minutes
| country = Singapore
| language = Mandarin
English
Tamil
Malay
Cantonese
| budget = $650,000
| gross = $31,000
}}
Gone Shopping ({{lang-zh|逛街物语}}) is a 2007 Singaporean comedy-drama film directed by Wee Li Lin, starring Kym Ng, Adrian Pang, Aaron Kao, Magdalene Tan and Sonya Nair.{{cite news |last= Chan|first= Boon|date= 18 August 2007|title= Getai gamble pays off|url= |work= The Straits Times|location= Singapore|access-date=}}
Cast
- Kym Ng as Clara Wong
- Adrian Pang as Valentine Tan
- Aaron Kao as Aaron Ho
- Magdalene Tan as Hui Hui
- Sonya Nair as Renu Balakrishnan
- Selena Tan as Pat Huang{{cite news |last= Tay|first= Michelle|date= 28 June 2006|title= FILM TOGS UP FOR GRABS|url= |work= The Straits Times|location= Singapore|access-date=}}
Release
The film was released on 26 July 2007.{{cite news |last= Wong|first= Pei Yee|date= 30 June 2007|title= Shopping goes to the movies|url= |work= The Straits Times|location= Singapore|access-date=}} The film's director's cut premiered at the Far East Film Festival in April 2008.{{cite news |last= Koh|first= Bernard|date= 15 May 2008|title= Singapore films to compete in Shanghai|url= |work= The Straits Times|location= Singapore|access-date=}}
Reception
Derek Elley of Variety wrote, "Elegantly shot on HD, and with a semi-fairy-tale atmosphere, this is something small but fresh from Singapore’s tiny industry."{{cite web |url= https://variety.com/2007/film/reviews/gone-shopping-1200555022/|title= Gone Shopping|last= Elley|first= Derek|date= 26 October 2007|website= Variety|publisher= |access-date= 6 September 2022|quote=}} Ong Sor Fern of The Straits Times rated the film 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Retail therapy has never been quite this entertainingly thoughtful."{{cite news |last= Ong|first= Sor Fern|date= 25 July 2007|title= Shopping's never been this good|url= |work= The Straits Times|location= Singapore|access-date=}} Geoffrey Eu of The Business Times gave the film a rating of "B-" and wrote that Wee "gives a refreshingly original spin to a familiar Singaporean pastime – and viewers who take a chance on it will come away impressed by a keenly observed cinematic bargain."{{cite news |last= Eu|first= Geoffrey|date= 25 July 2007|title= Provocative take on a familiar Singaporean pastime|url= |work= The Business Times|location= Singapore|access-date=}} Stefan of Twitch Film wrote that the film is "well worth the admission ticket, being able to straddle the arty film realm that most local movies seem to fall under, and having the commercial legs as well."{{cite web |url= http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/gone-shopping-review/ |title= GONE SHOPPING Review |author= Stefan |date= 27 July 2007 |website= Twitch Film |publisher= |access-date= 6 September 2022 |quote= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529073201/http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/gone-shopping-review/ |archive-date=29 May 2009 |url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|1060253|Gone Shopping}}
- {{rotten-tomatoes|gone-shopping|Gone Shopping}}
Category:Singaporean comedy-drama films