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Being Human

Mar 3, 2010 · 1h 47m
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Comedy

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Singapore, the present day. Mai Wei (Mark Lee), a successful branch manager for slimming company Natural Beauty, is sacked for cutting corners in the name of profit and attracting the ire of customers. Enraged, he sets up a rival company, My Way Slimming Centre, with several Natural Beauty employees, including Jie (Jeremy Chan), younger brother of his wife Zu Er (Yeo Yann Yann). As Natural Beauty continues to expand, Mai Wei goes on the offensive, licensing a herbal slimming pill, Dadavianxiaovoo, that contains a banned substance. As his company's image representative he chooses the massively overweight Wang Yao Yao (Tay Yin Yin), daughter of his favourite wonton noodle stall owner (Wang Lei), and feeds her the pills in large doses. Meanwhile, Zu Er, who's desperate to have a child after eight years of marriage, starts believing the gods have cursed them because of her husband's unscrupulous business practices.

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CAST

Mark Lee
Mai Wei/Max
Yeo Yann Yann
Zu Er/Zoe
Jeremy Chan
Jie/Jack
NoNo
Mai Wei's conscience
Tay Yin Yin
Wang Yao Yao
Ng Hui
Abigail Chay
Jack Neo
Directed by Jack Neo

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
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Production
J Team Productions
Country
SG, US
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