Men in White | |
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Directed by | Kelvin Tong |
Written by | Kelvin Tong |
Produced by | Kat Goh |
Starring |
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Cinematography | Lucas Jodogne |
Edited by | Yim Mun Chong |
Music by | Joe Ng Alex Oh |
Production companies | Boku Films Innoform Media |
Release date | 6 June 2007 |
Running time | 88 minutes |
Country | Singapore |
Languages | Mandarin English Hokkien |
Budget | $500,000 |
Box office | $500,315 |
Men in White (Chinese: 鬼啊鬼啊) is a 2007 Singaporean horror comedy film directed by Kelvin Tong.[1][2][3][4] Filming for the film began in late 2006.[5] It is mostly in Mandarin and English, and has some Hokkien.[6] It satirises several aspects of Singaporean life.[7]
Five Singaporeans - a housewife, a gangster girl, two rappers and a badminton player - die on the same day and become ghosts.
A preview of the film was held on 5 June 2007 for charity.[11] The film was released in theatres in Japan on 6 June.[12] The film had an underwhelming performance at the box office.[13]
Jeanmarie Tan of The New Paper gave the movie two-and-a-half stars out of five.[10] Jiang Jinyu of Lianhe Zaobao criticised the film's characters, while praising the acting.[14] Hong Mingua of Lianhe Zaobao also gave the film a negative review.[9] Li Yiyun of Lianhe Zaobao gave the film two stars out of five for entertainment and two stars out of five for art.[15] Geoffrey Eu of The Business Times rated the movie C−.[16]