The Teenage Textbook Movie

The Teenage Textbook Movie is a film adaptation of Adrian Tan's bestselling 1988 novel The Teenage Textbook. It is a lighthearted look at the lives of four students in Singapore as they start junior college.

Premise

When Mui Ee attends Paya Lebar Junior College with her best friend Sissy Song, she encounters a new life form: boys. There are many, but only one will win her heart.

Cast

Melody Chen as Mui Ee
Caleb Goh as Chung Kai
Steven David Lim as Daniel Boon
Lim Hwee Sze as Sissy Song
Chee Kin Chong as Hok Sean
Vivian Wang as Miss Boon
Darryl David as Captain Hari
Randall Tan as Tom D'Cruz
Neo Swee Lin as Mui Ee's mother
Chong Chee Kin
Royston Tan

Reception

Yong Siew Fern of The New Paper rated the film 3 stars out of 5 and wrote that "Unobtrusive acting and music-video editing combine to make this movie very much like your teen years - it will pass at its strolling pace, but it will be entertaining." Tan of Sinema felt that the "script was very well-written and although some parts were a little off in execution, it was an amazing adaptation of the book.".