Everybody's Business (2013 film)
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| Directed by | Lee Thean-jeen |
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| Produced by | Pui Yin Chan Yan Yan Chan Yok Wai Leonard Lai Saw Yam Seah Soo Wei Toong |
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| Cinematography | Joel San Juan |
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Release date | 5 December 2013 |
Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Singapore |
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| Budget | $1.2 million |
| Box office | $730,000 |
Everybody's Business (Chinese: 人人有份), is a 2013 Singaporean comedy film directed by Lee Thean-jeen. The film centres around public hygiene and cleanliness in toilets.[1][2][3]
Plot
John Lu is a hygiene officer for the newly-created Minister of Toilets, headed by Kumari Kuppusamy. He and his boss Winston Li need to get to the bottom of a toilet hygiene problem that has caused 50 Singaporeans to get food poisoning.
Cast
Main and supporting
- Gurmit Singh as John Lu[4]
- Mark Lee as Winston Li[4]
- Liu Lingling as Mrs. Wong[4]
- Wang Lei as Mr. Wong[4]
- Kumar as Kumari Kuppusamy[4]
- Yeo Thiam Hock as Man at coffeeshop
- Marcus Chin as Taxi driver
- Zhang Xinxiang as Man at coffeeshop
- Henry Thia as Ah Gu
- Dawn Tam as Ah Gu's wife
- Aloysius Pang as Lu Chong Meng
- Judee Tan as John's wife
- Zhang Wei as John's grandpa
- Michelle Tay as Ministry of Toilets staff
- Ho Ai Ling as Miss Xian
- JianHao Tan as Eddy
- Joy Yak as Chinese journalist
- Yoo Ah Min as Toilet special force
- Silver Ang as Travel star staff
Special appearances
- Chua Enlai as DD Chua
- Dennis Chew as Mr Tay
- Ya Hui as Bai Zhenzhen
- Sylvester Sim as English music video artiste
- Nadiah M. Din as Malay music video artiste / Toilet announcement in English and Malay (voice)
- Flow (Prasad Wadarajan) as Indian music video artiste
- Lin Ruping as Toilet special force
- Dr Jiajia & BigBro as Internet video artistes
- Hello Kitty & Pallpall as Internet video artistes
- Richard Low as New Minister of Restrooms
- Jack Neo as Man in Toilet / Toilet announcement in Chinese (voice)
Release
The film was released in theatres on 5 December 2013.[5][6]
Reception
Charlene Chua of The New Paper gave the film three stars out of five.[7] Yip Wai Yee of The Straits Times gave the film one and a half stars out of five, stating, "There are the rare moments when the film makes some keen observations about government campaigns, including how they always seem to incorporate a catchy ditty that everyone loves to hate, but such moments are few and far between."[8]
References
- ^ Ng, Gwendolyn (14 August 2013). "Tackling dirty toilets with laughs". My Paper. Singapore.
- ^ Chua, Charlene (28 November 2013). "Everyone's Business". The New Paper. Singapore.
- ^ Tan, Dylan (6 December 2013). "When Jack Neo met Jack Sim". The Business Times. Singapore.
- ^ a b c d e Chan, Boon (14 August 2013). "Film comes clean on hygiene". The Straits Times. Singapore.
- ^ Rasul, Juliana June (14 August 2013). "Wah loo-eh, KUMAR / Toilet humour". The New Paper. Singapore.
- ^ Yip, Wai Yee (4 December 2013). "Business as usual for Gurmit and Mark". My Paper. Singapore.
- ^ Chua, Charlene (4 December 2013). "EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS (PG13)". The New Paper. Singapore.
- ^ Yip, Wai Yee (4 December 2013). "EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS (PG13)". The Straits Times. Singapore.