Lulu The Film (Chinese language: 露露的电影) is a 2016 Singaporean comedy movie written, directed by and starring Michelle Chong as the titular protagonist.

Plot
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Lulu (Michelle Chong) is a girl from Shanghai, China, who came to Singapore with the intent of meeting her online date, “Brad Pit” (Chen Tianwen). A video of the incident was posted online by Leon’s dangerous pal and prankster, Alfred (Glenn Ong), inflicting her to turn out to be an Internet movie star. [2] As a way to sustain herself, Lulu took up a number of jobs besides working at a nightclub as a KTV hostess. During her first date with Leon, he turned upset along with her for being an embarrassment and insisted on her posing as his girlfriend, Sonia (Michelle Chong), a vogue show host. Expecting him to be a tall, wealthy and handsome man, upon realizing that he was the complete opposite and that he has displayed a photograph of his twin brother, Leon (Leon Jay Williams) online, she immediately fell in love with Leon. So as to not lose face again at her hometown, Lulu decided to stay in Singapore and make a residing for herself. She got mad with him and gave him an excellent dressing down before storming out of the restaurant.

Upon being discovered by the Tv station, Lulu was given the chance to host an English-language style present. However, with her unique understanding within the English language and her refusal to conform to normal requirements, her present turned top-rated, even catching the attention of Karl Lagerfeld (The Flying Dutchman). All through her journey, though she met with mockery, discrimination and tough instances, Lulu refused to surrender or compromise.

Forged
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Michelle Chong as Lulu/Sonia

Leon Jay Williams as Leon

Chen Tianwen as Brad Pit

Glenn Ong as Alfred

Mark van Cuylenburg (The Flying Dutchman) as Karl Lagerfeld

Prem Lulla as Rajesh

Vanness Wu

Sharon Au

Terence Cao

Shane Pow

Suhaimi Yusof

Jamie Chua

Dee Kosh

Might Seah as Unknown KTV Hostess

Tan Jian Hao

Michelle Tan

Joanna Lim as Dior

Aylna Neo as Gucci

Aurelia Ng as Chanel

Jazliyana Lee as Ferrari

Bailey Tan

Tan Choon Hiong

Chris Armstrong as Seth

Production
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Pre-production
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In February 2014, Chong announced that she can be making a movie based on Lulu, one of the principle characters of The Noose,[3] after conducting a survey by which Lulu came in prime, among different characters such as Barbarella, as a result of the fact that everyone seems to be preoccupied with Mainland Chinese immigrants.

Casting and crew
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On April 26, 2014, an audition was held at Bugis Junction for members of the public to be part of the film, as a part of the celebrations for World Intellectual Property Day 2014. It was also introduced then that the film would take the form of a mockumentary, with actual in addition to scripted reactions.[4]

Chong had initially planned for Lulu The Movie to be launched in early 2015, but attributable to her involvement with different projects and the fact that there were several films launched throughout Singapore’s golden jubilee, it was postponed to late 2016.[5]

Williams was forged because the male lead in Lulu attributable to his shut friendship with Chong, and that he had performed “the posh guy in a suit” in several movies and dramas.[6] Ong was cast to play the role of Alfred, presumably because of his unfavourable public image throughout his radio career. With a view to play the role of Lagerfeld, The Flying Dutchman “took his role very seriously”, watched videos of Lagerfeld’s interviews on set and mastered his “thick German accent”[7]

Filming
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Filming started in late 2014 with an initial budget of S$1.2 million,[8] with some scenes shot in London and Shanghai, amongst other main cities, and others shot in various parts of Singapore.[9]

Reception
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Vital reception
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John Lui of The Straits Instances rated Lulu a 3.5 out of 5 stars, commenting that the first half of the film is “a chaotic jumble of vignettes dealing with Lulu’s fish-out-of-water issues”, usually involving bilingual puns, and “feels like the veggies that must be consumed before dessert is served”. The second half, alternatively, involves her journey from rags to riches, and is described as a mixture of reality and fiction, very like Borat and Brüno, wherein Lulu, as a vogue host, interviews bystanders in London and Shanghai “during which she mocks her personal wardrobe … while subtly exposing their assumptions about individuals from China”.[10]

Gabriel Chong of MovieXclusive.com rated Lulu a 1.5 out of 5 stars, stating that “it’s a badly formed film with a naked-bones narrative, little to none character growth and surprisingly witless jokes that cannot even match that of the YouTube clips which have made her character so widespread and endearing in the first place”.[11]

Field workplace
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Lulu earned roughly $650,000 in its first weekend in Singapore, making it the third highest-grossing film over that interval, after Improbable Beasts and Where to seek out Them and Moana.[12]

Music
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On November 13, 2016, the music video of Michelle Chong’s “Pin Pin Pin!” (拼拼拼), composed by Wayne Khin, was launched on YouTube and the film’s official Facebook web page. On November 23, Tay Kewei released her single, a cover of Chang Yu-sheng’s “Missing You Everyday” (天天想你), which was featured in the movie.

References
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^ Tan, Tammi. “Shooting ‘Lulu The Movie’ was a waste of time?”. Toggle. Mediacorp. Archived from the unique on November 22, 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.

^ 陈, 通玲 (18 November 2016). “UWeekly” (in Chinese language). Retrieved 21 November 2016.

^ “Michelle Chong planning to release movie about KTV hostess Lulu from The Noose”. Lollipop. 15 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.

^ Chua, Charlene (30 April 2014). “Lulu, let’s make a film”. The brand new Paper. Singapore Press Holdings. Retrieved 21 November 2016.

^ Lee, Jocelyn (eleven June 2015). “Lulu The Film delayed till subsequent yr”. The brand new Paper. Singapore Press Holdings. Retrieved 21 November 2016.

^ Twang, Lisa (18 November 2016). “Movie star Chow with Leon Jay Williams”. The brand new Paper. Singapore Press Holdings. Archived from the original on November 18, 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.

^ Lin, Jessica (22 November 2016). “Go huge or go dwelling: Lulu’s film debut is extra than just comedy”. asiaone. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

^ Tan, Tammi. “Will Michelle Chong’s new film take 12 years to complete?”. Toggle. Mediacorp. Archived from the original on November 22, 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.

^ Seah, Could (21 November 2016). “Lulu The Movie travels to London, Shanghai and erm, Toa Payoh”. As we speak. Mediacorp. Retrieved 21 November 2016.

^ Lui, John (23 November 2016). “Film reviews: Lulu The Film shows a more rounded character than the caricature in the Noose”. The Straits Occasions. Singapore Press Holdings. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

^ Chong, Gabriel. “Lulu The Movie – MovieXclusive.com”. MovieXclusive.com. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

^ Lui, John (29 November 2016). “Lulu The Film takes No. Three spot on local box-office charts, behind only enormous Hollywood titles”. The Straits Occasions. Singapore Press Holdings. Retrieved 29 November 2016.

External links
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Lulu the Film on Facebook

Lulu The Movie at IMDb

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