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Audio Format: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Video Format: Widescreen 1.85:1 Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin Subtitles: English, Chinese (T/S) Region Code: 3 Year Made: 2002 Running Time: 105
I NOT STUPID has triumphantly crossed the US$2 million mark, chalking up over S$3.8 million at the box office. The former #2 highest grossing local film, LIANG PO PO - THE MOVIE, another Raintree Pictures and Jack Neo production, collected S$3.03 million. This makes I NOT STUPID the second biggest local film of all time in Singapore, after MONEY NO ENOUGH, also written by Jack Neo. It took home S$6 million.
I NOT STUPID was #1 for 4 consecutive weeks from its release on 9 February 2002, the weekend before Chinese New Year. During the week-long school holidays in March, schools and students flocked to see I NOT STUPID. Community groups and volunteers also brought the elderly Singaporeans to watch this movie they have heard and read so much about. It has been some time since there has been a movie that both young and old Singaporeans alike are able to share and connect.
Says Mr Daniel Yun, CEO of Raintree Pictures, "I NOT STUPID comes at the most crucial point in time for the Singapore movie industry. It restores faith both for the local viewers and the local practitioners. For viewers, there is assurance of quality in local movies and they are now aware that the local filmmakers do improve with time and experience. For the practitioners, there is a clear vote of confidence from the public to go on. It is not unlike a long distance runner receiving some midway encouragement, taking in some much needed water to continue towards the finishing line.
Jack Neo has chosen to use the simple yet hilarious story of three young children and their families from different social backgrounds to create a social satire touching on issues of education streaming, the importance of the Chinese language and the focus on academic excellence.
Kok Pin, Boon Hock and Terry are classmates in EM3. In Singapore, that means that at the age of 12, the government has decided that they are not as academically inclined as their peers who have been placed in an express or normal stream. Kok Pin is creative and a born artist but his parents would rather he focus on his Maths and Sciences. Boon Hock comes from a poor family and needs to balance school and helping out at the hawker stall. Terry, a spoilt brat is just too lazy a student. Much misunderstanding occurs amongst the friends because Terry has been brought up to mind his own business and not stand up for his friends. But when Terry, despite his fear of pain, offers to donate his bone marrow to save Kok Pin's mother at a crucial moment, the boys realise their true friendship.
While the three children suffer from the pressure of school, their parents have another set of problems.
Kok Pin's mother is passed over for a promotion because she does not have a university degree. His father, a Chinese advertising copywriter is struggling to move ahead at work where Caucasian and the English language means authority at most advertising agencies. Terry's father family business runs into a crisis when a competitive "Ba Gua" company from Taiwan sets up a chain of shops in Singapore .
When Terry's father goes to an agency to seek advertising help for his ailing business due to a newly opened "Ba Gua" (Pork Jerky) store from Taiwan, he opts for a creative from the Creative Director rather than a better campaign by Kok Pin's father because of an unpleasant encounter with Kok Pin's father earlier. The Chinese New Year "Ba Gua" campaign ends up in a mess. Kok Pin's father decides to help Terry's father and convinces him to try his campaign. It was a big success.
Following the story of Kok Pin's and Terry's family, we see the different issues faced by Singapore families in a light hearted sometimes almost silly situation.
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