Men in White (2007 film)

Men in White is a 2007 Singaporean horror comedy film directed by Kelvin Tong. Filming for the film began in late 2006. It is mostly in Mandarin and English, and has some Hokkien. It satirises several aspects of Singaporean life.

Plot
Five Singaporeans - a housewife, a gangster girl, two rappers and a badminton player - die on the same day and become ghosts.

Cast

 * Shaun Chen as Ah Boon
 * Ling Lee as Wan Yi
 * Alice Lim
 * Ben Yeung as Hop
 * Xavier Teo as Hip
 * David Aw
 * Benjamin Heng
 * Adrian Pang
 * Ix Shen
 * Wang Xiong
 * Lawrence Wong as Ah Huat
 * Dennis Chew as himself
 * Han Yew Kwang as Ghost in police lineup
 * Siau Jia Hui

Release
A preview of the film was held on 5 June 2007 for charity. The film was released in theatres in Japan on 6 June. The film had an underwhelming performance at the box office.

Reception
Jeanmarie Tan of The New Paper gave the movie two-and-a-half stars out of five. Jiang Jinyu of Lianhe Zaobao criticised the film's characters, while praising the acting. Hong Mingua of Lianhe Zaobao also gave the film a negative review. Li Yiyun of Lianhe Zaobao gave the film two stars out of five for entertainment and two stars out of five for art. Geoffrey Eu of The Business Times rated the movie C−.