Now, when I sat down here in 2023 to watch the 2017 Singaporean comedy "Lucky Boy", it was without ever having actually heard about the movie. I happened to stumble upon it by random luck, and given my love of Asian cinema, then of course I opted to give the movie a fair chance.
However, I have to admit that writers Boris Boo, Teck Lim and Danny Yeo collectively managed to piece together a script and storyline that utterly fell short of being entertaining and enjoyable. Perhaps I was just not the target audience for a coming-of-age movie such as this, but man this was quite an ordeal to suffer through. In fact, I managed to get just a bit more than halfway through "Lucky Boy" before I tossed the towel in the ring and gave up out of sheer and utter boredom.
I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in "Lucky Boy". But then again, I am not that well-traversed in the Singaporean cinema. However, I wasnt' really impressed with the performances on the screen. Sure, they weren't bad, but there wasn't any impressive or memorable performances.
"Lucky Boy" wasn't my cup of tea, and I just found the storyline to be too mundane and uneventful. So I wasn't impressed with director Boris Boo's 2017 movie. And I can honestly say that I am not planning to return to attempt watching the rest of the movie; I just simply don't care about the characters or the storyline. And this is definitely not a movie that I would recommend for fans of the Asian cinema to rush out and get to watch.
My rating of "Lucky Boy" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.
