Paul Emmanuel Enicola

The Asian Cut

15 hrs ago

3.5/5

[Ah Girl] doesn’t need to enlarge childhood pain to make it important. Ang simply stays close enough to show how enormous adults can look when you’re seven, especially when they insist that everything affecting your life is none of your business.

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Ben Glidden

Film Threat

1 day ago

8.5/10

It’s really the stunning performance at the center of the film that gives it so much heart and life.

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Sarah Musnicky

But Why Tho?

2 days ago

9/10

As a feature directorial debut, Ah Girl is a strong outing for Ang Geck Geck Priscilla. The storytelling speaks volumes in its subtle attention to detail and handling of complicated subject matter.

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Carlos Esquives

Cinencuentro

3 days ago

...Ang Geck Geck Priscilla makes a film in which responsible adult care is absent; nevertheless, she imagines a character who has learned, perhaps through sheer instinct, to build her own defenses. [Full review in Spanish]

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James Marsh

ScreenAnarchy

4 days ago

4/5

Anchored by an astonishing central performance from first time actress Ong Xuan Jing, Ah Girl announces the debut of an impressively assured new voice in Asian cinema.

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Ang Geck Geck

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Ong Xuan Jing

Ah Girl

Sydney Wong

Ah Tian

Doreen Toh

Ah Ma

James Seah

Ah Pa

Carrie Wong

Mummy

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Synopsis

Singapore, 1994: Ah Girl is a precocious 7-year-old just starting primary school. Since her parents separated, she lives in a small flat with her boyish younger sister, Ah Tian (5), her taciturn Dad who works night shifts, and her irritable Grandmother who is in charge of the kids. The kids see their needy and unreliable Mum on weekends when she spoils them with food and toys. One night, Mum asks Ah Girl to choose to live with her, and although she wants to please Mum, Ah Girl struggles with this huge decision. She will have to leave her father and sister once Mum gets a new house. Ah Girl becomes increasingly aware that her family life is not normal, and feels out of place at school. Over the course of the year, life continues for this fragmented family: Mum and Dad start new relationships; Ah Girl has fun and gets into trouble; it seems that Ah Tian might go and live elsewhere; accidents happen, money is tight; there are good times and sad times -- but the weight of what will happen in the future hangs over all of them, especially Ah Girl. We journey with Ah Girl, navigating the confusing world of adults as she’s forced to grow up far too quickly.

Director: Ang Geck Geck
Producer: Charlyn Ng, Wendy Lie, Ang Geck Geck
Screenwriter: Ang Geck Geck
Production Co: Aggregate Films, IFA Media, Kusu Films
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: Chinese
Runtime: 1h 39m

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