I like films-
and quite possibly local ones somemore.

Thank god there isn't Jack Neo type anymore-


“Sweet” is the word that immediately comes to mind when I think about Irene (played by Serene Chen). At the beginning of the film, she seems to be the typical girl-next-door. Her parents have passed on, and she has basically taken on her boyfriend Seng’s family as her own. She is utterly devoted to him and his family.

Irene, is however, not as angelic as she seems, as her dream of the perfect family imposes an unconscious pressure on Seng. In the film, you see how Irene constantly places her hand on Seng, as if to keep him within her world. And the way she obsessively takes pictures with her handphone of her dream notions of bliss –the family together, Ma chopping vegetables, Seng sleeping next to her – shows how desperately she wants reality to fit her dreams. Ultimately, Ma helps her wake up from her delusions, and to see reality.

Irene is like the many women that I know (and I’ve been there too!), who believe that they can change their men so that they become better people. Based on experience, you can’t!!! Some men cannot be helped!

 

- Woo Yen Yen, Writer-Producer-Director of Singapore Dreaming.