RUNNING MILEAGE IN 2019:
690.4km
RUNNING MILEAGE IN 2020:
390.0km
RUNNING MILEAGE IN 2021:
291.0km
RUNNING MILEAGE IN 2022:
492.0km
RUNNING MILEAGE IN 2023:
487.7km
RUNNING MILEAGE IN 2024:
671.2km
RUNNING MILEAGE IN 2025:
1281.4km
RUNNING MILEAGE IN 2026:
207.1km
Top 3 Reasons why I was looking forward to 《一泡而红》(Already Famous)
1. I felt the need to support locally-produced movies. 2. I like Michelle Chong. She's easily the funniest actress who can impersonate excellently. 3. It was filmed in my neighbourhood, and hence this (secret and illegal) shot above.
For a first-time director, I think Michelle Chong did a decent job. Some dialogues were funny and she depicted Ah Kiao pretty well. Like most locally-produced films, there are also segments that attempt to touch the hearts of the audience.
However, the central plot was actually very simple and I can summarise the film in a sentence. Probably that's why there was the introduction of characters like Patricia Mok, Chua Enlai, Irene Ang and Kumar etc, to add in some humour and variety. These parts could be better managed though.
Michelle Chong's a smart director, by roping in Xiao Gui as the male lead, because he will make the show a more appealing one. By doing so, the movie has the potential to be exported to Taiwan. And by playing the role as Ah Kiao, a Malaysian girl, the movie will resonate with Malaysian audience too. This way, the movie would have a more "international" reach, and that's pretty laudable.
This movie was supposed to be fully released yesterday, but is now scheduled to be released next week, to avoid clashing with mega movies like Twilight and Puss in Boots. But, judging from all the sold-out preview shows today and tomorrow, it seems that it does have got good appeal. The audience (as observed in the cinema) were pretty receptive to the movie too, by laughing at funny moments that were already shown in trailers.
On all these counts, I think Michelle Chong has passed. I read that she might have a 2nd movie, and I think it's even more likely now.
