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A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

There are no memorable quotes in this film as it is mostly silent. It plays like a symphony with glances and expressions doing the talking.It is about love: love lost, unrequited love, love despite the odds being against it.Theresa Poh Lin Chan was deaf and blind. She did not sit idly by in misery, but became an accomplished women despite her handicaps. She is real. This story is about three fictional characters that crossed in her path, some only peripherally.A man who lost his wife and sunk into the depths of despair until his son, a social worker, started taking his cooking to Teresa; a lesbian who found love on the Internet, and then lost it without explanation, and whose suicide attempt brought about the meeting with the man and Teresa; and a security guard who was hopelessly in love with a beautiful executive and passed by the man on the way to deliver a letter to his love - a letter that never made it because of the suicide attempt.The strange twists of love are looked at languidly and with strong emotion. It is a beautiful film.

I had just caught this film on DVD, having missed its theatrical release. The other Eric Khoo film I've watched was 12 storeys some years back and still quite fresh in my mind, which I thought was excellent so naturally my expectations would have been rather high. Especially so given the publicity this film has received in Cannes.The film opened beautifully, and the theme of finding one's soul mate is constant in the three tales of finding love in one's teenage, middle age, and senior years, with the true story of Theresa Chan, a blind mute lady who overcame great odds interwoven amongst the three stories.All went on great for me until the portion on Theresa Chan came in. I felt that with the true account of Theresa Chan added in, this made it more like a documentary and not a movie, and hence killed the 'movie magic' for me. If I had wanted to watch an documentary, I would have gotten myself one. Halfway through the film in the Theresa Chan autobiographical segments where she recounted her early childhood, I found myself nodding off to sleep as it went really slowwwwwww. And the lack of audio/music which forced you to read the subtitles definitely contributes to the sleeping pill effect (I think the producers want the audience to understand it's not easy to be deaf, and to empathize with what Theresa has to go through). Again, I found myself making the best effort to stay awake to see what's Eric Khoo has in store for us. And he does not disappoint if you get over this bump. There is always something to keep you wondering what's going to happen next as the three separate stories unfold.Of the three stories, I loved the one about the middle aged love best. The protagonist is played by an excellent Seet Keng Yew. Cast as a timid 37 year old bachelor working from job to job as a lowly security officer, with no ambition in life other than a eating eight meals a day which therefore ensures that life expectancy isn't one of his goal; the actor carries the role so well that one could probably be left to think that the character doesn't get intimate with anyone other than his left hand. Spurred on by his desire to find acknowledgment even as faint as a smile of approval from his pretty office executive love interest, he mulls on how to get get her to be aware of his existence, and how he pines for her. And when he finally picks up the courage to deliver his painstakingly written note to his love interest, fate deals him a hand he never expected.The unraveling of the movie, and how the three stories are interlinked by fate and destiny only happens towards the end, so make sure you stay awake for that! It may not hit you with the effect which Amores Perros with its 3 separate stories and that car accident scene had for the film. Be with me's punchline is a lot more subtle, and has a delayed effect. But it at least makes your investing of valuable time watching this and enduring through the 'documentary', which did nothing for me, worthwhile and rewarding. That, is the measure of a good art-house flick to me.

I literally ran to watch it, expecting a film that will make me cry, or touch my heart.What I found was not heart-rending, but a lame exploitation of 1 strong human character.Interwined between a pair of young lesbians and an obese man.In a setting that is substantially devoid of sound not to mention acting of the most common.It was not entirely BAD, as I have seen worst - and I left the cinema $10 poorer but wiser - that a FILM well advertised is not the same as a FILM WELL-MADE.

This movie is made up of 3 interwoven vignettes of people searching for love and connection. The setting is Singapore. The first is about a 61 year old woman named Theresa Chan who unexpectedly finds love when circumstances bring into her life a widower (played by Chiew Sung Ching) who struggles to let go of grief. Theresa Chan is played by herself as this story is partly based on her true life story. She lost her sight and hearing at the age of 14 from illness. She reminds me of Helen Keller. She is spunky and lives her life with more gusto than a lot of us seeing and hearing folks do. i was very moved by her segment. The 2nd tale is about a security guard ( Seet Keng Yew) who is very infatuated with a young, pretty executive (Lynn Poh) who works in the same office building. This sweet soul reminded me a little of Quasimodo, whose Esmeralda is oblivious to his existence. The last tells the tale of 2 teenage school girls who strike up a friendship while chatting on the internet. They meet and fall in love. Soon Sam (Samantha Tan) decides to callously drop Jackie (Ezann Lee), but Jackie cannot let go.This is a lovely, poignant piece. If you have loved, or loved and lost, or experienced the pain of unrequited love or been jilted, something will resonate with you, even if you can't quite follow all the dialog. Just allow your heart to feel.When the credits suddenly rolled and the film came to an unexpected end, i thought,"Wait, stop, i need a moment here. Can i please have a moment? My tears have not dried."