Long Long Time Ago 2 我们的故事 2 |
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Directed by | Jack Neo |
Produced by | Thum |
Written by | Jack Neo Link Sng Ivan Ho |
Starring |
Aileen Tan Mark Lee Wang Lei Suhaimi Yusof Ryan Lian Benjamin Tan Cynthia Kuang Ng Suan Loi Charmaine Sei |
Music by | Mo Ju Li |
Cinematography | Nian Rui Wen Saravanann |
Edited by | Hamster Low Kenzir Leow |
Production
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J Team
mm2 Entertainment |
Distributed by |
Golden Village Pictures mm2 Entertainment Shaw Organisation |
Release date
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31 March 2016 |
Running time
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121 minutes |
Country | Singapore |
Language | Hokkien Mandarin Malay Teochew English Tamil |
Budget | $5 million (shared with Long Long Time Ago) |
Box office | S$2.32 million |
Long Long Time Ago 2 (Chinese: 我们的故事2; pinyin: Wǒmén dè gùshì èr; literally "Our Story 2") is a 2016 Singaporean period film directed by Jack Neo, the second of a two-part series and the sequel to Long Long Time Ago.
Continuing from Long Long Time Ago, Zhao Di takes over her family farm with the help of Ah Long after the 1969 floods. After the government started reclaiming land for development in 1977, licensed owners like Zhao Di are compensated but her brother accuses her of having an affair with Ah Long to get the money for himself. Osman does not approve his son playing in a rock band as he fears the negative influence, causing his son to run away from home. Meanwhile, Ah Hee and Rani decide to get married but their traditional parents object their marriage.
The film was filmed in Ipoh, Malaysia, especially in Kampung Cina Pusing together with the first part, starting in May 2015 over 60 days.
While filming a scene of a sister rescuing her younger brother from a toilet he is stuck in, director Jack Neo insisted on a close-up shot of real faeces to show audiences what toilets in the 1960s were really like. For historical accuracy, Neo also requested actress Aileen Tan to grow her armpit hair for a brief show of it when her character, wearing a sleeveless blouse, raises her arms to tie her hair while working at a coal mine.
The scene of Ah Kun (Mark Lee) slapping his niece and nephew is real. The actors did over ten takes.
Familiar to Vasantham Central viewers, Bahrathi Rani plays Rani in her first non-Tamil production.
Reception was mostly negative.
John Lui of The Straits Times gave the film 2.5/5. He praised the "personal" "small moments" but criticised how "what little authenticity that can be glimpsed is buried under a treacly layer of television-style drama". In addition, he found that "[a]lmost every moment is freighted with moral significance, heavily underscored by dialogue and music" and "[f]or all the suffering, shame and strife baked into the story, there's little inner life to the characters".