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It's a Wonderful Life

2013 · 1 season

A gentle, everyday family drama full of small domestic squabbles and warm reconciliations, easy to dip into.

Genres
Drama, Family
Overview
Hao Huixian is a gambler. He wakes up startled after dreaming of cheating during a game with his neighbours Li Yunshun, Fan Wenxiang and Ma Lingshu (Potato). Yunshun and Wenxiang rented their HDB flat to their son, Siyuan, when they moved into their daughter, Si'en's condominium unit. Siyuan runs a tuition agency. As his wife, Isabella, needs to go on a business trip and the maid is on leave, he makes plans for his parents to take care of his son, Huanhuan. Wenxiang is unhappy Huanhuan is closer to his maternal grandmother, Elizabeth. Potato organises a wedding anniversary party, in the hope of earning some red packet money, but his neighbours prove too smart for him. Potato is tempted when Bai Baoxiang offers to get tenants for him. Unfortunately, his two rooms have already been rented out.
How it feels
Warm, light, earnest and melancholic. Measured and easy to follow.
About
Family, parenthood, greed, love
Content
Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism8
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama, family
Starring
Ha Yue, Meijiao Lin, Elvin Ng, Desmond Tan, Huang Wenyong, Chen Liping, Paige Chua, Julie Tan
Length
1 seasons, 20 episodes, 46 min each
Network
MediaCorp Channel 8
Country
Singapore
Languages
Mandarin

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