• Rating:
• Genre: Comedy
• Movie Type: Musical Comedy, Coming-of-Age
• Themes: Twentysomething Life, Dancer's Life
• Director: Glen Goei
• Main Cast: Adrian Pang, Medaline Tan, Anna Belle Francis, Pierre Png, Steven Lim
• Release Year: 1998
• Country: SG
• Run Time: 93 minutes
• MPAA Rating: PG13

Plot

The directorial debut of actor and artistic director Glen Goei, who played opposite Anthony Hopkins in the London production of M. Butterfly, is a comedy about a loser with big dreams. In 1970s Singapore, twenty-year-old grocery clerk Hocks tries to survive with high hopes but low expectations. He is still living at home with his parents, who dote on his younger brother, and his little sister, who is addicted to romance novels. He does not have a girlfriend. His male friends like to bowl and watch kung-fu movies. When Hocks looks at the mirror, he sees himself as Bruce Lee riding a fast motorcycle with a beautiful woman on the back seat hanging on to him. One night, the local movie house replaces the usual kung-fu fare with a movie called Forever Fever, which is a Singaporean version of Saturday Night Fever. Hock hates disco but tags along with his friends. To his surprise, he is taken in by the movie and goes to see it over and over again. He even holds secret conversations with the hero of the film, who gives Hock a few tips about making a move on the dance floor and in real life. Hock enters a disco-dancing contest, hoping to win the cash prize so that he can buy a motorcycle. However, the dancing partner he chooses, his childhood friend Mei, is interested in another kind of prize. That's the Way I Like It was screened at the 1999 Montreal World Film Festival. ~ Gönül Dönmez-Colin, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Adrian Pang - Hock
• Medaline Tan - Hei
• Anna Belle Francis - Julie
• Pierre Png - Richard
• Steven Lim - Boon

Caleb Goh - Leslie / Beng; Westley Wong - Bobby; Alaric Tay - Seng; Dominic Tace - "John Travolta"; Koh Chieng-mun - Mrs. Lim; Pam Oei - Mui; Lim Kay-siu - Father; Margaret Chan - Mother; Kumar - Dance Instructor; Kumar - MC; Kumar - Transvestite

Credit

Lawrence Eastwood - Production Designer; Guy Gross - Composer (Music Score); Brian J. Breheny - Cinematographer; David Lee - Sound/Sound Designer; Ashley Aeria - Costume Designer; Gloria Chee - First Assistant Director; Jeffrey Chiang - Producer; Glen Goei - Director; Glen Goei - Producer; Glen Goei - Screenwriter; Andy Heng - Art Director; Jane Moran - Editor; Paul Pirola - Sound/Sound Designer; Tan Chih-chong - Producer

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