It reminded me of those who live on Pacific Islands like Samoa and those who live in Western communities such as New Zealand, Australia or USA. The values are often different and in the movie's case, having 'old' money made quite a difference.
The cinematography was neat with some amazing shots of the island/city of Singapore and some of the places of interest. As a high school student I remember having a couple of penpals from Singapore and even got to meet one with her family.
It was also interesting in how many of the actors portrayed English accents in having been sent to English boarding schools due to it's colonial ties in the past. I assume that they would have thought that boarding school education in England was superior to American?
It was like an Asian Cinderella story in looking at the differences between socio-economic status of two people with a parallel story of the main character's sister. All in all, I would highly recommend it as a movie that explains some of the interest in why having money is so important within it's culture...
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