The best Jack Neo’s drama movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Jack Neo’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Jack Neo.
I Not Stupid Too
6.8/10
A 2006 Singaporean film and the sequel to the 2002 film, I Not Stupid. A satirical comedy, I Not Stupid Too portrays the lives, struggles and adventures of three Singaporean youths - 15-year-old Tom, his 8-year-old brother Jerry and their 15-year-old friend Chengcai - who have a strained relationship with their parents. The film explores the issue of poor parent-child communication.
Homerun
6.5/10
A remake of the award-winning Iranian film Children of Heaven, Homerun is a drama about two poor siblings and their adventures over a lost pair of shoes.
12 Storeys
6.7/10
The film depicts 24 hours in a HDB block of residential flats in Singapore. There are three main storylines. San San, fat, silent, and alone, hears the ghost of her mother constantly upbraid her. Ah Gu, a tofu soup vendor, is at odds with Lily, his materialistic immigrant wife, who longs for something he cannot provide. Meng spouts every moralistic bromide of the striving middle class, but is unhinged by his teenage sister May ("Trixie" to her boyfriend) who won't study, parties all night, and seems doomed by youth culture.
One More Chance
5.5/10
Three ex-convicts face difficulties after release from prison.
House of the Rising Sons
5.5/10
The musical biography of the 1970s Hong Kong rock band The Wynners. Starting with their humble beginnings as band causing noise in the neighborhood, through to their career of massive stars throughout Asia.
Are You Lonesome Tonight
At Singapore International Airport, Hong Kong native Dabao meets Huihui by chance, who is on her way to Shanghai. In fact, she is a rich girl on the run from an engagement to wealthy boyfriend Jiafei. When they arrive in Shanghai, Huihui promptly asks Dabao to act as her guide in the big city. For the first day they live a life of luxury ... until Huihui discovers that she's mislaid her purse. They go to the very ordinary house of Dabao's friend Kang, asking for a place to stay. Kang lives with his girlfriend Lebei, quarreling from time to time, but when the household grows to four, love blooms for everyone.
Love Dowry
This telemovie, with Zoe Tay and Alan Ka-Lun Yu in the leads, is a comedy about two enemies who become lovers after strange twists of events.
