The Wedding Game

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The Wedding Game
Directed by Ekachai Uekrongtham
Written by Dennis Chew
Desmond Sim
Ekachai Uekrongtham
Starring Fann Wong
Christopher Lee
Music by Hagen Troy
Production
companies
Mediacorp Raintree Pictures
Scorpio East Pictures
Double Vision
Speedy Productions
Distributed byGolden Village Pictures
Release date
  • 25 January 2009 (2009-01-25)
Running time
103 minutes
Countries Singapore
Malaysia
LanguageMandarin
BudgetS$1.5 million

The Wedding Game is a 2009 romantic comedy film directed by Ekachai Uekrongtham, co-produced by MediaCorp Raintree Pictures (Singapore), Scorpio East Pictures (Singapore), Double Vision (Malaysia) and Speedy Productions (Malaysia) starring real life couple Fann Wong and Christopher Lee.The film centers on actors Jack Fang (Christopher) and Vikki Tse (Fann) who orchestrate a faux engagement to boost their showbiz careers.

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Plot

Jack Fang publicly proposes to Vikki Tse during the live telecast of a regional awards show. Surprised but happy, Vikki accepts. What the public doesn't know is that the entire love affair of these two famous celebrities, Jack and Vikki, is an elaborate and meticulously planned ruse designed by their ambitious managers, May and Tom, to trick the public into believing that they are getting married. In reality, Jack has disliked Vikki from the first day they met and vice versa. Yet for fame and money from endorsements, these rival celebrities keep up with their “fake” marriage to increase their popularity. Just when everything starts going well, an incident rattles some of the fans and the media. There is now lingering doubt about the authenticity of this love match. They fall in love.

Cast

Production

The film was written by Dennis Chew, Desmond Sim and Ekachai Uekrongtham, and directed by Ekachai Uekrongtham, and was shot in Singapore and Malaysia, Malacca. The working title for the film was originally The Wedding of the Year, but was officially changed to The Wedding Game.

The Wedding Game marks Singapore Sports Council and production company Raintree Pictures' first silver screen collaboration. As this is the first time Team Singapore athletes are featured in a movie

Filming took less than a month and occurred in late 2008.

Soundtrack

Hagen Tan collaborated with veteran musician Ng King Kang for the production, soundtrack producer and music arranger are filled in by local talent too.

Release

Mediacorp Raintree Pictures held the Singapore premiere of The Wedding Game on 23 January 2009 at the Golden Village Cinemas in both Great World City and VivoCity at 7.30pm and 9.00pm respectively. Its Malaysia premiere was held on 22 January 2009 at The Pavilion.
Island-wide screening in Singapore will commence on 25 January 2009.

Box office performance

The Wedding Game has raked in S$1.25 million at the Singapore box office since it opened in Singapore on 25 January despite strong competition from other titles. It has also done well in Malaysia collecting an impressive RM$2 million as of 1 February. [1]

Critical reception

Rating of this movie was publicly discussed as The Wedding Game were argued to be too erotic or obscene and are unsuitable for the young were rated as PG (Parental-Guidance) while its main local competitor Love Matters were rated NC-16 by the censorship board. [2]

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References

  1. "MediaCorp Raintree Pictures' "The Wedding Game" scores big at box office". 2 February 2009. Archived from the original on 4 February 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  2. "Chris and Fann invite you to join in their "Wedding Game" - Yahoo! Singapore News". sg.news.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009.