Everybody's Business (2013 film)

Everybody's Business (Chinese: 人人有份), is a 2013 Singaporean comedy film directed by Lee Thean-jeen. The film centres around public hygiene and cleanliness in toilets.[1][2][3] This film is also the third on-screen pairing of Gurmit Singh and Mark Lee after One Leg Kicking and Taxi! Taxi!, where the former was released in 2001 and the latter was released earlier in 2013.

Everybody's Business
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLee Thean-jeen
Screenplay by
  • Lee Thean-jeen
  • Jack Neo
  • Boris Boo
  • Ng King Kang
Story by
  • Jack Neo
  • Lee Thean-jeen
  • Ng King Kang
Produced byPui Yin Chan
Yan Yan Chan
Yok Wai Leonard Lai
Saw Yam Seah
Soo Wei Toong
Starring
CinematographyJoel San Juan
Edited by
  • Lawrence Ang
  • Natalie Soh
Distributed by
Release date
  • 5 December 2013 (2013-12-05)
Running time
91 minutes
CountrySingapore
Languages
  • English
  • Mandarin
  • Hokkien
Budget$1.2 million
Box office$730,000

Plot

John Lu is a hygiene officer for the newly-created Minister of Toilets, headed by Kumari Kuppusamy. He and his boss Winston Li need to get to the bottom of a toilet hygiene problem that has caused 50 Singaporeans to get food poisoning.

Cast

Main and supporting

Special appearances
  • Chua Enlai as DD Chua
  • Dennis Chew as Mr Tay
  • Ya Hui as Bai Zhenzhen/Chinese/Mandarin music video artiste
  • Sylvester Sim as English music video artiste
  • Nadiah M. Din as Malay music video artiste / Toilet announcement in English and Malay (voice)
  • Flow (Prasad Wadarajan) as Indian/Tamil music video artiste
  • Anna Lin Ruping as Toilet special force
  • Chua Jin Sen (Dr. Jia Jia) and Chua Jin Chou (Big Bro) as Internet video artistes
  • Richard Low as New Minister of Restrooms
  • Jack Neo as Man in Toilet / Toilet announcement in Chinese (voice)

Release

The film was released in theatres on 5 December 2013.[5][6]

Reception

Charlene Chua of The New Paper gave the film three stars out of five.[7] Yip Wai Yee of The Straits Times gave the film one and a half stars out of five, stating, "There are the rare moments when the film makes some keen observations about government campaigns, including how they always seem to incorporate a catchy ditty that everyone loves to hate, but such moments are few and far between."[8]

References
  1. Ng, Gwendolyn (14 August 2013). "Tackling dirty toilets with laughs". My Paper. Singapore.
  2. Chua, Charlene (28 November 2013). "Everyone's Business". The New Paper. Singapore.
  3. Tan, Dylan (6 December 2013). "When Jack Neo met Jack Sim". The Business Times. Singapore.
  4. Chan, Boon (14 August 2013). "Film comes clean on hygiene". The Straits Times. Singapore.
  5. Rasul, Juliana June (14 August 2013). "Wah loo-eh, KUMAR / Toilet humour". The New Paper. Singapore.
  6. Yip, Wai Yee (4 December 2013). "Business as usual for Gurmit and Mark". My Paper. Singapore.
  7. Chua, Charlene (4 December 2013). "EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS (PG13)". The New Paper. Singapore.
  8. Yip, Wai Yee (4 December 2013). "EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS (PG13)". The Straits Times. Singapore.
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