Advertisement

Open up and talk

Reading Time:2 minutes
Why you can trust SCMP
0

A heart-warming Singaporean comedy that highlights problems in contemporary parent-child relationships will hit screens this week.

A sequel to the popular schoolboy drama I Not Stupid (2002), which shed light on the problems of education and language policies in Singapore, I Not Stupid Too paints a funny - and at times heartbreaking - portrait of a caring family being torn apart by communication breakdown.

The story revolves around three teenagers: Tom (Shawn Lee), his younger brother Jerry (Ashley Leong) and their friend Cheng Cai (Joshua Ang).

Tom and Jerry, despite living in a wealthy family, are upset that their demanding and ever-bickering parents are too busy to care about them.

On the less prosperous side of the tracks, the opposite problem. Cheng Cai's father, the owner of a humble hawker-stall and single father, wants to show his love but doesn't know how.

Both situations parallel realities in Hong Kong, and the result is every parent's nightmare: Tom and Cheng Cai, unhappy at home and in school, join a gang and get into trouble for stealing.

Advertisement