The Teenage Textbook Movie
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Teenage Textbook Movie
| image =
| caption = promotional poster for The Teenage Textbook Movie
| writer = Philip Lim
Haresh Sharma
Edmund Tan
| starring = Melody Chen
Caleb Goh
Steven David Lim
Lim Hwee Sze
Chong Chee Kin
| director = Phillip Lim
| producer = Jonathan Foo
| cinematography =
| editing = Walter Tan
| distributor = Cathay
| released = {{Film date|1998|11}}
| runtime = 100 minutes
| language = English
| country = Singapore
| music =
| budget =
}}
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.{{Cite web|title=The Teenage Textbook updated for Gen Z in new TV series|url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/the-teenage-textbook-updated-for-gen-z-in-new-tv-series-013918248.html|access-date=22 June 2021|website=sg.news.yahoo.com|language=en-SG}}
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 as Mui Ee
- Caleb Goh as Chung Kai
- Steven David Lim as Daniel Boon
- Lim Hwee Sze{{Cite web |date=31 July 2008 |title=The Teenage Textbook Movie |url=https://www.sinema.sg/2008/07/31/teenage-textbook/ |access-date=8 September 2022 |website=Sinema.SG |language=en-GB}} 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
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."{{cite news |last= Yong|first= Siew Fern|date= 13 November 1998|title= Teenage Textbook ... It's a tease|url= |work= The New Paper|location= Singapore|access-date= }} 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.".{{Cite web |last=Tan |first=D |date=28 December 2006 |title=Film Review: ‘The Teenage Textbook’ |url=https://www.sinema.sg/2006/12/28/review-the-teenage-textbook/ |access-date=3 October 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0174263|The Teenage Textbook Movie}}
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Category:Films based on Singaporean novels
Category:Singaporean comedy films
Category:1990s English-language films
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