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Wayang Boy

2014 · 100 min

A gentle, good-natured school story about misfit kids finding purpose, with a warm multicultural heart and mild comic charm.

Directed by
Raymond Tan
Genres
Drama
Overview
After a 10-year old boy Raja is thrown into detention by the school principal,the enterprising Chinese Head of Department Mr. Kwok imposes his own brand of unusual punishment by recruiting Raja along with two other delinquents into his nascent Chinese Opera troupe.
How it feels
Warm, earnest and light. Measured and easy to follow.
About
Coming-of-age, education, found family, identity
Content
Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
Note
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Directed by
Raymond Tan
Genres
Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Raymond Tan
Written by
Raymond Tan
Starring
Law Kar-ying, Michelle Yim, Denzyl Y Dharma, Chantel Liu, Chen Tian Wen, Chua Enlai, Bobby Tonelli, Kym Ng
Runtime
100 min
Country
Singapore
Languages
Mandarin

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