The Teenage Textbook Movie

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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.[1]

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[1] as Mui Ee
  • Caleb Goh[1] as Chung Kai
  • Steven David Lim as Daniel Boon
  • Lim Hwee Sze[2] 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."[3] 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.".[4]

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