Sandcastle

I'm sorry.

I can't buy films like this. They don't have panache or reverb. I wouldn't sit in a theatre and watch this without dying again and again from exhaustingly clichéd exchanges, melodramatic acting and the usual search for Historical roots in oh, culture. (No offence. Anyways, Singapore culture is far more complex than what is shown there.)

There's no tension - no plot. There is, well, of course, an attempt to be deep, but I think it still is a hell of a lousy movie.

The worst is - this is the best Singapore's got. What?

Even Jack Neo makes something worth at least recognising as existing - this film bites the dust trying to do what it doesn't - be an emotional tour de force.

Nevertheless, I hope Singapore Directors like him try something a bit more original than something to do with Old People, Culture, Sex, Depression and Singaporean Taboo. Make meaningful characters! Create a plot! Stop boring us with formulaic plots that touch a group of cinema goers who are appreciating your films artificially!

Just because it was featured at Cannes for the Camera Dor doesn't make it a landmark film in Singapore Cinema. Quite the opposite actually - it's a step back into the Cinematic retrograding of Singapore.

I reiterate: 1/10. Step up the game, Singapore!