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Audio Format: DD 2.0 Video Format: Widescreen 1.85:1 Languages: Mandarin, Cantonese Subtitles: English, Chinese (T/S) Region Code: 3 Year Made: 2006
 Singaporean writer-director-thesp Jack Neo capitalizes on the success of his 2002 laffer, and its spin-off tube series, with "I Not Stupid Too" an overdue -- and overlong -- sequel. Proselytizing pic favors child protags over insular and stubborn adults, but loses its comedic rhythm as it rams each lesson home. Like its predecessor, pic did terrific local bizbiz when released in January.
Unrelated to previous yarn except thematically, sequel introduces Jerry (newcomer Ashley Leong), an 8-year-old whose learning difficulties partially stem from his inability to get the attention of his middle-class parents (Neo, Xiang Yun). While Jerry struggles to invite his bickering mom and dad to his school play, working-class teen Cheng Cai (Joshua Ang, one of several child thesps from "I Not Stupid") falls in with a street gang after experiencing more violent parental difficulties. Ongoing hectoring about loving children is well-intentioned, but a push toward serious drama is unconvincing. Perfs have an endearing quality and tech credits do the job.
I Not Stupid Too is a comedy keenly centred on the theme of increasingly difficult relationships between parents and their children today, due to a lack of communication. More than often, parents think they understand their children, based on the reasoning of I-gave-birth-to-you-so-I-know. But do they really? A child is most vulnerable at teen years, which is without doubt the most crucial period in the development of the child. A single wrong move by the parents can result in a lifetime of regrets. How well aware are the parents of this fact?
Set in Singapore??s fast-paced modern society, the narrative progresses through the eyes of 9-year-old Jerry as he and his older brother, Tom, face the pressures of school and demands of their wealthy but ever-bickering parents.
Along also for the ride is Tom??s friend, Cheng Cai, who is often misunderstood by his teacher at school, and whose own predicament with his single hawker-stall owning father reveals the film??s deep concern with the generation gap between its characters.
Through Tom and Cheng Cai, the film also delves into juvenile delinquency as a result of this breakdown in communication, while Jerry simultaneously runs around trying to get his parents to attend his upcoming performance in school.
Multi-faceted, insightful and highly entertaining, I Not Stupid Too features a large cast of talented actors and a delightful story every Singaporean can relate to.
Special Features:
- Making Of
- Music Video
- Theatrical Trailer
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