Wonderful! Liang Xi Mei the Movie
2018 [CHINESE]
Comedy
80%
AUDIENCE
· 50 ratings
5.4/10
90
Plot summary
Liang Xi Mei (Jack Neo) is finally back! Having retired, Liang Xi Mei spends her time looking after her two obedient grandsons. However, Liang Xi Mei still leads a colorful life thanks to her absent-minded BFF Guang Dong Po (Wang Lei), who frequently muddles things up, leaving Liang Xi Mei to resolve the mess; and Lion King (Henry Thia) who is now diagnosed with mild Alzheimer’s, causing confusion and frustrations for everyone. Robert (Mark Lee), Liang Xi Mei’s eldest son also adds to her woes. Robert is a dreamer who often schemes to get rich quick. This causes Liang Xi Mei to find him unreliable and puts all her hopes on her youngest son Albert (Benjamin Josiah Tan). Her favoritism stirs up jealousy within Robert, who vows to strike it rich to win back Liang Xi Mei’s approval.
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Movie Reviews
Trying to hard to make the film funny
A swing and a miss...
This 2018 Singaporean comedy was an ordeal to sit through. I think you need to be a native Singaporean to enjoy this particular movie from director Jack Neo.
When I sat down to watch "Wonderful! Liang Xi Mei the Movie", I had never heard about it. But I had recently sat through a bunch of Singaporean comedies, and thus I also opted to watch this 2018 movie without knowing what I was in for.
The storyline in "Wonderful! Liang Xi Mei the Movie", as written by Jack Neo and Ivan Ho, was a swing and a miss of a script that provided me with any sense of entertainment. I didn't enjoy the contents of the story, nor did I care one ounce about the characters. And the whole thing was just a tad too juvenile and silly for my liking.
The acting performances in the movie were fair enough, however I have to admit that I didn't enjoy the character gallery in the movie, so I was a little bit distracted from the performances on the screen. The cast ensemble in the movie was good, though I was only familiar with Jack Neo, Henry Thia and Mark Lee.
I have to admit that "Wonderful! Liang Xi Mei the Movie" was not a movie that I found enjoyable, and I didn't stick around to watch the entire movie. I just simply wasn't finding the motivation to do so, nor did the fact that the storyline had little appeal and the character gallery was just pointless, do much to help win me over.
I am sure that a Singaporean audience will appreciate a movie such as this.
My rating of "Wonderful! Liang Xi Mei the Movie" lands on a three out of ten stars.