Just saw this tonight at the SFIFF. The content and style of the film reminds me very much of Edward Yang's "YiYi". There are also some outright similarities (a character who is into photography, an old grandmother who is in a state, a financially irresponsible younger male sibling of the family...) but all in all this movie stands up on its own. The movie (for me anyway) got better as it went along. The materialism that serves as the yardstick of one's worth in life is a problem everywhere, not just in Singapore and that's what makes this feature universal (along with the tumultuous familial happenings.) All in all, definitely worth your time.
Review of Mei man ren sheng
