Perfect Rivals

Perfect Rivals
Directed byHan Yew Kwang
Written byHan Yew Kwang
Ting Soo Yun
Produced byLim Soo Ann
Au Yuk Sing
Starring
CinematographyLong Fei Liu
Edited byGrace Xiao
Production
companies
Distributed byGolden Village Pictures
Release date
  • 17 March 2011 (2011-03-17)
Running time
95 minutes
CountriesSingapore
Malaysia
LanguageMandarin
Box office$800,000

Perfect Rivals (Chinese: 美好冤家) is a 2011 Malaysian-Singaporean romantic comedy film directed by Han Yew Kwang, starring Ha Yu, Irene Ang, Mindee Ong, Josh Lai, Stanly Hsu [zh] and Pamelyn Chee.[1]

Cast

Release

The film was initially set to open in theatres during Chinese New Year. However, the film's release was delayed till March as there were already three other local films opening during Chinese New Year.[4] The film opened in theatres on 17 March 2011.[5] It was a box office failure, grossing only $155,000.[6]

Reception

Christopher Toh of Today rated the film 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote: "There are no blatant messages or high concepts here — just a nice family movie with a character we care for. And sometimes, this sort of simple pleasure works just fine."[7] Genevieve Loh, also of Today, gave the film a rating of "B-" and wrote that it "needs just that bit more meat and finesse for it to become the fully realised film it has the potential to be."[8]

Tan Kee Yun of The New Paper rated the film 2.5 stars out of 5 and praised the performances of Ha and Ang, but wrote that they "do not make up for the uneven, cliched script and cringe-inducing acting by younger cast members such as Taiwanese Stanly Hsu and Malaysian Josh Lai."[9] Boon Chan of The Straits Times rated the film 1.5 stars out of 5 and wrote that Han "tries unsuccessfully to mix heartwarming family drama, gross-out comedy and scattered social commentary", and that the result is "too tough to swallow."[2]

References

  1. ^ Loh, Genevieve (29 September 2010). "Irene Ang's family film". Today. Singapore. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b Chan, Boon (16 March 2011). "Gross-out comedy mish-mash". The Straits Times. Singapore.
  3. ^ Tan, Kee Yun (8 October 2010). "I help others to help myself". The New Paper. Singapore.
  4. ^ Boon, Rachael (28 December 2010). "New Year rivalry at the movies". The Straits Times. Singapore.
  5. ^ Yip, Wai Yee (16 March 2011). "Perfect film partners". The Straits Times. Singapore.
  6. ^ Loh, Genevieve (30 December 2011). "Screen Singapore". Today. Singapore. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  7. ^ Toh, Christopher (16 March 2011). "Simple pleasure". Today. Singapore. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  8. ^ Loh, Genevieve Loh (16 March 2011). "MAKING THE GRADE". Today. Singapore. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  9. ^ Tan, Kee Yun (17 March 2011). "PERFECT RIVALS". The New Paper. Singapore.

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