The Teenage Textbook Movie

The Teenage Textbook Movie
The Teenage Textbook Movie
Directed by	Phillip Lim
Written by	Philip Lim ; Haresh Sharma ; Edmund Tan
Produced by	Jonathan Foo
Starring	Melody Chen; Caleb Goh; Steven David Lim; Lim Hwee Sze; Chong Chee Kin
Edited by	Walter Tan
Distributed by	Cathay
Release date	November 1998;
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Singapore
Language	English

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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "The Teenage Textbook updated for Gen Z in new TV series". sg.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
^ "The Teenage Textbook Movie". Sinema.SG. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
^ Yong, Siew Fern (13 November 1998). "Teenage Textbook ... It's a tease". The New Paper. Singapore.
^ Tan, D (28 December 2006). "Film Review: 'The Teenage Textbook'". Retrieved 3 October 2023.