Gone Shopping
I am always happy to see local films on the big screen.
Gone Shopping is the latest.
It has 3 stories, not exactly portmanteau, but all 3 protagonists spent substantial amount of time in shopping centres.
Clara (Kym Ng) is a rich, naive and lonely tai tai, whom could be a kept woman, filled her loneliness shopping in expensive boutiques, befriending a superficial sales girl (Chermaine Ang) and finally found solace in her long lost classmates Valentine Pang (Adrian Pang), whom she thought could elope with her.
Renu (Sonya Nair), an 8-year-old girl who is abandon by her parents at Mustafa Centre. She spent her time among the isles between the shelves of merchandise and when she is found much to the chagrin of the security officer, she spent her time in the security office waiting to be "claimed" by her parents. She also saw the petty crime of a cross-dresser (Rizman Putra) who went round robbing greedy housewives in the changing room.
Aaron (Aaron Kao), is a 22 year-old Generation-Y guy who is looking for a relationship with a cosplay girl Hui Hui (Magdalene Tan). But Hui Hui's idea of a relationship doesn’t gel with his more traditional view. She taught him how to escape from the real world with her cosplay role, a sword which she persuaded him to buy and a cloak which she made for him. They met and developed their relationship at the Marina Square.
Wee Li Lin wrote a good story and is detailed in the portrayal the emptiness of the protagonists in the film.
Over all, it’s a sincere film, with ok cinematography, a good sound track by Joe Ng and a sound cast.
Kym Ng surprised with her sensitive portrayal of Clara. Adrian Pang gave a stellar cameo as Valentine and both Aaron Kao and Magdalene are credible as the Gen-y couple. Sonya Nair too has a moving solo scene.
Gone Shopping said a lot of about the empty lives of Singaporeans. We yearn to escape from the reality of our unsatisfactory life, and all we could do for immediate escape is in a shopping centre.
That’s why shopping is one of our national obsession.
Gone Shopping is the latest.
It has 3 stories, not exactly portmanteau, but all 3 protagonists spent substantial amount of time in shopping centres.
Clara (Kym Ng) is a rich, naive and lonely tai tai, whom could be a kept woman, filled her loneliness shopping in expensive boutiques, befriending a superficial sales girl (Chermaine Ang) and finally found solace in her long lost classmates Valentine Pang (Adrian Pang), whom she thought could elope with her.
Renu (Sonya Nair), an 8-year-old girl who is abandon by her parents at Mustafa Centre. She spent her time among the isles between the shelves of merchandise and when she is found much to the chagrin of the security officer, she spent her time in the security office waiting to be "claimed" by her parents. She also saw the petty crime of a cross-dresser (Rizman Putra) who went round robbing greedy housewives in the changing room.
Aaron (Aaron Kao), is a 22 year-old Generation-Y guy who is looking for a relationship with a cosplay girl Hui Hui (Magdalene Tan). But Hui Hui's idea of a relationship doesn’t gel with his more traditional view. She taught him how to escape from the real world with her cosplay role, a sword which she persuaded him to buy and a cloak which she made for him. They met and developed their relationship at the Marina Square.
Wee Li Lin wrote a good story and is detailed in the portrayal the emptiness of the protagonists in the film.
Over all, it’s a sincere film, with ok cinematography, a good sound track by Joe Ng and a sound cast.
Kym Ng surprised with her sensitive portrayal of Clara. Adrian Pang gave a stellar cameo as Valentine and both Aaron Kao and Magdalene are credible as the Gen-y couple. Sonya Nair too has a moving solo scene.
Gone Shopping said a lot of about the empty lives of Singaporeans. We yearn to escape from the reality of our unsatisfactory life, and all we could do for immediate escape is in a shopping centre.
That’s why shopping is one of our national obsession.