Reunion Dinner
Directed byOng Kuo Sin
Produced byFran Borgia
Melvin Mak
Simon Leong
Starring
Edited byErin Er
Music byGary Leo
Production
companies
Clover Films
iQIYI
King Kong Media Production
Mediacorp
Byleft Productions
Akanga Film Asia
Distributed byGolden Village Pictures
Release date
  • 20 January 2022 (2022-01-20)
Running time
91 minutes
CountrySingapore
LanguageMandarin

Reunion Dinner (Chinese: 团圆饭) is a 2022 Singaporean, Mandarin-language, Chinese New Year comedy drama film. It tells the story of a soon-to-be-married couple who arrange for their parents to meet for the first time over Chinese New Year reunion dinner. But as the boyfriend is estranged from his mother, he fakes a family to impress them instead.

The film was released on 20 January 2022 in Singapore and 31 January 2022 in Malaysia during the Chinese New Year period.[1][2][3] The film stars Lawrence Wong, Cya Liu, Mark Lee, Xiang Yun, Guo Liang, Zhu Houren, Mimi Choo and Das DD.

It was one of the five 2022 Malaysian and Singaporean Chinese New Year films, including Ah Girls Go Army (Singapore), Nasi Lemak 1.0, Kongsi Raya and Small Town Heroes (Malaysia).[4]

Synopsis

A couple who works in an advertising firm, Chaoyang (Lawrence Wong) and Zihong (Cya Liu) have a marriage on the cards, but both have not met each other’s parents. At a client's request, they have to do a livestream of their own reunion dinner to promote the company's products, and their parents will officially meet for the first time.

Estranged with his mother Yanling (Xiang Yun) and embarrassed by her occupation as a mama-san, Chaoyang decides to fake a family with the help of his mother's boyfriend Wei (Mark Lee) and two freelance actors, who pretend to be his mother and "fake relatives", resulting in a series of mishaps and hilarity. With Zihong's father flying in from China, and a fake family assembled, can the reunion dinner go smoothly? Can Chaoyang fix the broken relationship with his mother?[5]

Cast

Release

The film was directed by Singaporean director Ong Kuo Sin; his previous film was Number 1 (2020), which also starred Mark Lee and Henry Thia. Filming was completed in July 2021 in Singapore.[6]

It starred Malaysian-born Singaporean actor Lawrence Wong and Chinese actress Cya Liu, and its cast includes well-known Singaporean actors and actress Mark Lee, Xiang Yun, Guo Liang, Zhu Houren, Hong Kong-based Malaysian veteran actress Mimi Choo and multilingual comedian Dasa DD, as well as special appearances by Ferlyn G, Joel Choo.[7][8][9]

The film was released on 20 January 2022 in Singapore and 31 January 2022 in Malaysia during the Chinese New Year period.[10] It was also released on iQIYI for the China market on 27 January 2022.[11][12]

References

  1. "Mark Lee plays Xiang Yun's boyfriend in CNY movie Reunion Dinner: 'I'll ask Edmund Chen if we can have intimate scenes'". AsiaOne. 2021-07-22.
  2. "Mark Lee's bathtub scene in movie Reunion Dinner not as relaxing as it seems". AsiaOne. 2022-01-21.
  3. "Film review: Reunion Dinner (2022)". Moviexclusive.com.
  4. "Malaysia CNY 2022: 7 Exciting Chinese New Year Movies To Catch In Cinemas". Hype Malaysia. 2022-01-21.
  5. "Official Main Trailer of Reunion Dinner". Youtube.
  6. "Actor Lawrence Wong wants to give S$3,000 red packets to staff this CNY". Mothership SG. 2022-01-26.
  7. "Reunion Dinner's Mark Lee says he is 'too old to do slapstick'". The Straits Times. 2022-01-19.
  8. "Mandarin-Speaking Indian YouTuber Das DD Makes Movie Debut In Reunion Dinner, Says PM Lee Texted Him After Seeing His 'Magic Cup' Video". 8 Days. 2022-01-26.
  9. "Film Fanatic: Local CNY comedy film Reunion Dinner marks opening with star-studded premiere at Sands Theatre". Bakchormeeboy. 2022-01-19.
  10. "Film review: Reunion Dinner, A CNY farce that hits home the meaning of family". Yahoo Singapore. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  11. "爱奇艺电影《团圆饭》正式上线 解锁欢闹团圆密码". biz.ifeng.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  12. "李国煌《团圆饭》中国上线 网友佳评:无尿点 | 早报". www.zaobao.com.sg (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 2022-01-31.
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