I Not Stupid Too

I Not Stupid Too (2006)

小孩不笨2

Can we talk?

A 2006 Singaporean film and the sequel to the 2002 film, I Not Stupid. A satirical comedy, I Not Stupid Too portrays the lives, struggles and adventures of three Singaporean youths - 15-year-old Tom, his 8-year-old brother Jerry and their 15-year-old friend Chengcai - who have a strained relationship with their parents. The film explores the issue of poor parent-child communication.

Date of release
2006-01-26
TMDB
7.8 / 10 (16)
Runtime
2h 4m
Genres
Drama
Director
Jack Neo
Collection
小孩不笨 (系列)

Casting

Interesting facts

I Not Stupid Too is a 2006 comedy film and the standalone sequel to I Not Stupid (2002). It portrays the lives, struggles and adventures of three Singaporean youths—8-year-old and Primary 2 student Jerry Yeo Xueqiang, his 15-year-old brother Tom Yeo Xueqian Secondary 3 student and their 15-year-old good and best friend Lim Chengcai Secondary 3 student—who have a strained relationship with their parents. The film explores the issue of poor parent-child communication.

Production

After the release of the prequel film, a sequel was suggested, but Neo had difficulty finding a suitable topic. His inspiration was a book on appreciation education, a method of teaching developed by Chinese educator Zhou Hong. Through the film, Neo hoped to capture the culture of Singapore at the turn of the millennium, and to explore the issue of poor parent-child communication.

Neo and Rebecca Leow co-wrote the script, which was completed in May 2005. This film was produced by Raintree Pictures on a budget of S$1.5 million. Shanghai Film Studio had agreed to co-produce this film with Raintree Pictures, but backed out because they found the film too liberal. The production crew included Daniel Yun as executive producer, Chan Pui Yin and Seah Saw Yan as producers, Ardy Lam as cinematographer and Mo Ju Li as sound editor.

Filming took place at Saint Hilda's Primary School, Presbyterian High School and other locations during the school holidays in June 2005. Neo hired real gangsters to act in several gangster scenes as he was dissatisfied with the extras. According to him, communicating with the gangsters was difficult, but when he decided to apply the lessons from the film and praised them for a good take, they reacted well.

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