Mr. Unbelievable

Mr. Unbelievable (2015)

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Mr Unbelievable tells the story of Eric Kwek Hock Seng, who takes it upon himself to the symbol of national pride. As his Shifu’s Getai business declines in popularity, Eric wants to spark new ideas by adding English lyrics into Chinese songs albeit to strong objection from his Shifu & friends. Undeterred, Eric Kwek sets on an unbelievable musical journey that sees him through mostly lows and finally hits a high when he is at the ripe old age of 50. The film aims to highlight that one must believe and persist in his aspirations regardless of age!

Date of release
2015-12-03
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Comedy, Music
Director
Wang Guoshen

Casting

Interesting facts

Mr. Unbelievable is a 2015 Singaporean musical comedy film directed by Ong Kuo Sin, and starring Chen Tianwen as the titular protagonist. The film commemorates Singapore's 50th birthday or SG50, and was based on the viral song "Unbelievable" and was released in cinemas in Singapore on 3 December 2015, and in Malaysia on 14 January 2016. It also marks the third on-screen reunion of Chen Tianwen, Liu Lingling, Roy Li and Hayley Woo after their previous collaborations in the Singaporean long drama series 118 and 118 II, where both of the installments theme songs were sung by popular local celebrity and film director Jack Neo.

Production

The huge success of Chen's "Unbelievable" music video, which garnered 3.2 million views on Facebook and YouTube prompted director Ong Kuo Sin to come up with a feature film and provide a background story for it. The film was shot in 15 days starting from 14 September 2015.

To sing Hokkien songs in the film, Jaime Teo had to watch online videos to brush up on the dialect.

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