Not My Mother's Baking

Wishing you An Advance Eid Mubarak And Selamat Hari Raya Maaf Zahir Dan Batin

Enjoy this festive seasons!

Mr Keng (Kyiv)

Sends Regards to casts of Not's my Mother's Baking.

Today we finally overcame our cinema COVID fears because we wanted to catch this little local production called Not My Mother's Baking. While the movie casts many fresh new faces, the strong storyline and script got me laughing and crying along for 2 hours! It centers around the love journey of the daughter of a Muslim celebrity baker and son of a Chinese roast pork seller. All the bias, fears and conversations of other that inter-racial couples need to navigate w each other, with their families and even within themselves... But yet the heart knows when it has met its mate, regardless of how wide and insurmountable the gap may be, or how impossible that love may seem. Kudos to Remi and Ho Pak Kin for writing such authentic dialogues into a beautifully accessible script that keeps you watching just because you want to watch the almost musical like finale of the wedding.

It's been a while since I last watched a good movie, and I must say that this movie is truly a good watch with a unique storyline that we do not see it often. It is very real and has also addressed issues that are not presented on the surface level and I found myself understand deeper in the society we live in. It is quite a mind opening piece of beautiful film with so many things that we can truly learn, unpack and appreciate from. Well done to Ho Pak Kin and Remi for writing this wonderful and well-balanced film and the casts for great acting skills. I am still "wow-ed" by this film even after I have left the cinema, and it is definitely a must watch.

This film pulled me to watch it twice! I left the cinema with so much joy and laughter. It's been awhile I've not laughed so hard. And... maybe... I may had annoyed other patrons with my contagious laughter. Ok, poor choice of word. Oops! Sorry about that. But I wore mask throughout the movie. Ha! Anyhoo.. after watching this wonderful and beautiful film, I'm like a little kid excited about a new toy talking to my family about it with so much happiness and enthusiasm. Really enjoyed the beautiful storyline. Really appreciate the realness and facts (without prejudice and with open mind) about the typical every day life struggles, challenges, inconveniences, awkwardness, etc. in an interethnic community and relationships and somehow, make it work. Kudos to the genius team! I look forward to buy the film in DVD or digital if when it's available.

It was such a light-hearted movie tackling important issues on interracial marriage/relationships in Singapore. One that many perhaps might deter from engaging a conversation with each other: the inner prejudicial and often, misunderstood classification that our society very much face in the community at large. The idealogy could perhaps passed on to generation and one might wonder, when will the stigma ends? Do we want our young Singaporeans to inherit a stigmatizing belief?

This movie higlighted it in a humourous manner with alot of reflection for their viewers. I believed Singapore is evolving and so does our local storytellers. We should be brave to lend a voice to issues that matters most. There is simply no room to whether it is a taboo topic to talk about. Singapore has changed and now, creating many platforms for several others to raise concerns regarding racial equality, interfaith, intrafaith and many other identity concerns for us as Singaporeans. Thus, the filmmakers would love you to reflect upon what is the meaning of racial equality and how do we practice it ?