钱不够用 II (2008)

Well, I once did a movie review for The Love of Siam. And I think I mentioned before that I rarely do movie reviews unless I really find it GOOD.

This will be my second movie review. It's another good movie I'd recommend everybody to watch, but this review is gonna be a short one though. Mainly because it'll be better for you to watch it for yourself, secondly because I don't really like everything about the movie, and lastly, I'm supposed to have exam tomorrow.... Okay, less chit chat, I'll get on with the review.

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My thoughts and comments:

Before watching this movie, I actually didn't have high expectations for it. This might be an additional factor that made the movie stand out to me though, maybe... hehe

Anyway, contrary to the title "Money No Enough", the movie actually has a few turn-points which make it ever so interesting, but I'm not gonna say what it's about here ^^

I personally have never really liked Singapore movies. Reasons? Because, 1, they look cheap. 2, the actors are cheap. 3, their English is cheap. 4, their Chinese sound cheap too. (Sorry if there's any Singaporeans reading. But I'm just talking about the movies, not the people) And so was this movie. I didn't actually like anything about it. EXCEPT..... it's plot, and how the director put things together.

Well, I can understand that Singaporean language is sort of the same as us KK-zai language, all rojak language. But this is a movie, going international~!! But then again, who am I to criticize.

So, a dear friend, Steam, introduced this movie to me. I seriously kept this movie under all my other junk for a couple of months now, never had I thought of actually watching it. Until yesterday.

I seriously was about to change my mind and watch another movie after 15 minutes, but since someone said it's really nice, I thought I'd just stick and see what was so nice about it.

Title: Money No Enough II, 钱不够用II

Director: Jack Neo

Movie Origin: Singapore


Introduction and Review:

Basically, what I liked about the movie is it's resemblance to our everyday lives. How they portrayed the lives of a normal businessman, how they showed the lives of a family. As the title states, it's simply a story of a family that has to deal with money issues, and how each and every family member deals with it with their own way and how it all went.

The plot itself, was very simple. And even from the start, you can actually know how the story would go (seriously). In fact, as I watched the movie, I saw it all coming, but even when I saw it coming, it still hit me hard when it actually came. The simpleness and daily stuff that we take for granted each day, the decisions that everyone come across once in a lifetime..... this movie just.... depicted it all so clearly.

Even though the plot is a simple one, (I seem to like simple plots ~.~ same goes for my other top favourite movies), it successfully passes the message of "Life" and "Love" on to the audience.

I'm not all over this movie. But I definitely recommend it to everyone, the young, the old, your friends, and most of all, your family ^^


I'd give a 10 for the storyline if it wasn't a bit too overboard.... but I have to say I can only give 9 due to it's slight over exaggerations. Unfortunately, besides the storyline, I have nothing to say about the acting, soundtracks, and the rest of the movie.

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