We Not Naughty
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| Directed by | Jack Neo |
| Produced by | Jack Neo |
| Written by | Jack Neo Ho Hee Ann |
| Starring |
Shawn Lee Joshua Ang Cherry Hsia Daniel Chan Xiang Yun Jacky Chin Eric Moo Yan Li Ming Li Feihui Cheryl Yeo Amos Yee |
| Edited by | Yim Mun Chong |
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J Team Productions
mm2 Entertainment Starhub Cable Vision PMP Entertainment L Grand Brilliance Clover Films Sky Films Entertainment |
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Golden Village Clover Films |
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Running time
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137 minutes |
| Country | Singapore |
| Language | Mandarin |
| Budget | S$1 million |
| Box office | S$2.2 million US$1,716,930 |
We Not Naughty (simplified Chinese: 孩子不坏; traditional Chinese: 孩子不壞) is a Singaporean film directed by Jack Neo. It was officially released on January 19, 2012 in Singapore.
The film can be seen as the third installment of the 'Not Stupid' trilogy (viz. I Not Stupid, I Not Stupid Too and this film), featuring children who are slighted of poor academic performance, the idea of talent beyond academics, and parent-children relationships.
The film examines the problems faced by parents with their rebellious children in Singapore's current society. Other themes in the film include cyberbullying, peer pressure, gangsterism, morality and teacher-student relationships. A prominent theme relevant to Singaporean society is the social stigma about ITE students and favouritism towards students who excel academically.
In addition, Lim Jiow Yong and Chia Kin Seng (ITE lecturers) are featured.
Chen Weijie and Liu Jianren are two ITP (International Technical Polytechnic, ostensibly a reference to the Institute of Technical Education) students who are constantly put down for being "dumb" despite the fact that they display a talent for designing and creating gadgets. Jianren comes from a wealthy single-parent home and is estranged from his mother and younger brother Amos, a fluent English speaker. He joins the gang of a local loanshark and becomes a runner. Weijie's father is a compulsive gambler who frequently swings from loving husband and father to crazed gambler running from loansharks. To complicate matters, his younger sister Nicole is academically gifted and pampered by their mother, thus causing frequent quarrels and misunderstanding amongst them. Unknown to the rest of them, Nicole becomes involved in a serious cyberbullying case and later becomes a victim of bullying herself.
One day Mr CK is announced as Weijie and Jianren's new class teacher. The young and energetic Mr CK tries hard to connect with the group but they fail to respond. He challenges them to a bet in a radio-controlled helicopter race and if he loses, he will do a run of ITP in the nude. The students defeat him and he honours his promise. The story and the controversy it caused made the national news. However, he had earned his students' respect and they responded accordingly when interviewed by the press. As a result, the board decide against dismissing him.
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