Interesteg What makes it different from others?

ScoobyMint Disappointment for a huge fan!

SteinMo What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.

Tayyab Torres Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

luckyakash There are some movies. which makes you watch again and again. This comes into that category.Story, direction, lighting, editing, music, subtle acting of lead boy and his group are fantastic.I've spent some time travel ling interiors of Thai, It's a mesmerizing place. I took a road to Cambodia on train and bus from Thailand. The places shot in this movie are very similar to the lovely locations i've seen.It surely a nostalgic movie. makes me remember my own childhood and the cute gal friend who went with her family to other city :) it's a must watch when Hollywood weaving movies just our of few computers....

shu-fen I share the generation of Jeab and Noi-naa, for instance we played the same games like using rubber bands to make a long jumping ropes and a group of neighbourhood children gathered together to compete after school. We divided ourselves into different gangs, today enemies, tomorrow coalition. Friends or classmates moved from the vicinity to faraway newly developed areas or even migrated to other countries after the 1982 meeting between Deng Xiao-ping and Margaret Thatcher on Hong Kong's future.Though we speak different languages, I feel that I am one of those little children in this sincere nostalgic production, I even share the feeling of the grown-up Jeab when he returns to his hometown to attend Noi-naa's wedding: everything's facelifted, the bridge that the school bus used to pass has been changed into a sturdier one, just like my city, an ever-changing and moving city.The most delightful surprise should be the parody of two Hong Kong TV dramas which were widely popular among the Asian countries in the late 70's and 80's, "Silk" and "Yesterday's Glitter". It made me recall many of my long-forgotten younger episodes. The flick should be kept in the DVD library of the thirty something as a proof of "collective memory" of those born in the 70's. Two or three decades later, the warmth will still pervade when we review it.

ksupachai-1 I didn't see many Thai movies even though I'm Thai. I picked up this movie from shelf 3 weeks ago because I just wanted to hear some old musics I like.However, 110 minutes of the movie was the time I was traveling back to the past. Canal, fresh market, classroom, and schoolmates activities are surrounding me again. I laughed, I cried and sometime I sat back silently and think about myself as a boy, doing the same thing as in the movie. That was a happy moment of mine.Its production is very simple. Easy camera movement, easy dialog and plain plot but very impressive. If you are not Thai, try this and you might like it.If you are Thai, try this and you will love it.

pswift This Thai comedic drama deserves American distribution, at least on the independent film circuit. The young cast, and team of directors and producers who all worked on this film, deserve applause for making such a tender and nostalgic look at youth and growing up. In exploring these universal themes, which have been portrayed by many other movies in the past, this film makes a mature and inquisitive portrait into a child's point of view of growing up within a particular rural family community and interacting with the adults, parents, and childhood peers of that surrounding neighborhood group. Upon viewing the film, many audience members will probably fondly remember how growing up, as portrayed in the film, was so tentative, yet joyful and at other times sad and disappointing. This is the gritty reality of life that rings so true for all of us, who have grown up, and is so boldly explored in this courageous film.The fact that the subject matter and themes dealt with by the film are notoriously taboo in Thai society makes this film even more of a cinematic celebration, particularly by members of the Thai community. And don't be surprised if the film forces you to cry at a couple of points in the film, as it makes its emotional impact in subtle and realistic ways.To be commended for their acting portrayals are the young boy and young girl leads, who play Jeab and Noi-Naa respectively, as well as the standout performance by the enterprising bully, who I believe was called Jack in the film. The rest of the cast also give quite credible performances of their characters. Overall grade: A-.