Men in White (Chinese: 鬼啊鬼啊) is a 2007 Singaporean horror comedy film directed by Kelvin Tong. Filming for the film began in late 2006. It is mostly in Mandarin and English, and has some Hokkien. It satirises several aspects of Singaporean life.
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Plot
Five Singaporeans - a housewife, a gangster girl, two rappers and a badminton player - die on the same day and become ghosts.
Cast
Shaun Chen as Ah Boon
Ling Lee as Wan Yi
Alice Lim
Ben Yeung as Hop
Xavier Teo as Hip
David Aw
Benjamin Heng
Adrian Pang
Ix Shen
Wang Xiong
Lawrence Wong as Ah Huat
Dennis Chew as himself
Han Yew Kwang as Ghost in police lineup
Siau Jia Hui
Release
A preview of the film was held on 5 June 2007 for charity. The film was released in theatres in Japan on 6 June. The film had an underwhelming performance at the box office.
Reception
Jeanmarie Tan of The New Paper gave the movie two-and-a-half stars out of five. Jiang Jinyu of Lianhe Zaobao criticised the film's characters, while praising the acting. Hong Mingua of Lianhe Zaobao also gave the film a negative review. Li Yiyun of Lianhe Zaobao gave the film two stars out of five for entertainment and two stars out of five for art. Geoffrey Eu of The Business Times rated the movie C−.