As a big fan of Asian cinema, then I did of course jump at the chance to get to see this movie when the chance presented itself.
When I sat down to watch "Ilo Ilo", I only knew that it was a Singaporean movie about a Filipina domestic helper working in Singapore. Little did I know that this was essentially the entire movie in all of its mundane glory.
This movie was boring, let's just be bluntly frank about it. There was very, very little happening throughout the course of the entire movie.
It should be said that the acting was actually quite adequate, and that was what carried the movie actually to some degree.
I was sitting throughout the entire movie anxiously waiting for the movie to pick up pace and the storyline become something at least just the tiniest bit interesting. But that never happened! This movie just trotted on in a very monotonous pace, and there was little of any interest throughout the entire movie.
This is definitely not a movie that you will watch more than once, provided you sit through it the first time around.
When I sat down to watch "Ilo Ilo", I only knew that it was a Singaporean movie about a Filipina domestic helper working in Singapore. Little did I know that this was essentially the entire movie in all of its mundane glory.
This movie was boring, let's just be bluntly frank about it. There was very, very little happening throughout the course of the entire movie.
It should be said that the acting was actually quite adequate, and that was what carried the movie actually to some degree.
I was sitting throughout the entire movie anxiously waiting for the movie to pick up pace and the storyline become something at least just the tiniest bit interesting. But that never happened! This movie just trotted on in a very monotonous pace, and there was little of any interest throughout the entire movie.
This is definitely not a movie that you will watch more than once, provided you sit through it the first time around.