The Wedding Game
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Budget 1.5 million USD Language Mandarin | 5.4/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Romance Duration Country SingaporeMalaysia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date January 25, 2009 (2009-01-25) Initial release January 25, 2009 (Malaysia) Cast (Vikki Tse), (Jack Fong), Charles 'Blackie' Chen (Tom), (Cicak-man), Alice Lau Nga-Lai (May)Similar movies Love Actually , This Is the End , In Her Shoes , Cashback , Jamon Jamon , Calendar Girl |
The Wedding Game is a 2009 romantic comedy film directed by Ekachai Uekrongtham, co-produced by MediaCorp Raintree Pictures (Singapore), Scorpio East Pictures (Singapore), Double Vision (Malaysia) and Speedy Productions (Malaysia) starring real life couple Fann Wong and Christopher Lee.The film centers on actors Jack Fang (Christopher) and Vikki Tse (Fann) who orchestrate a faux engagement to boost their showbiz careers.
Contents
- The wedding game official trailer
- Plot
- Production
- Main cast
- Music
- Release
- Box office performance
- Critical reception
- References

The wedding game official trailer
Plot

Jack Fang (Christopher Lee) publicly proposes to Vikki Tse (Fann Wong) during the live telecast of a regional awards show. Surprised but happy, Vikki accepts. What the public doesn't know is that the entire love affair of these two famous celebrities, Jack and Vikki, is an elaborate and meticulously planned ruse designed by their ambitious managers, May (Alice Lau) and Tom (Blackie Chen), to trick the public into believing that they are getting married. In reality, Jack has disliked Vikki from the first day they met and vice versa. Yet for fame and money from endorsements, these rival celebrities keep up with their “fake” marriage to increase their popularity. Just when everything starts going well, an incident rattles some of the fans and the media. There is now lingering doubt about the authenticity of this love match. They fall in love.
Production

The film was written by Dennis Chew, Desmond Sim and Ekachai Uekrongtham, and directed by Ekachai Uekrongtham, and was shot in Singapore and Malaysia, Malacca. The working title for the film was originally The Wedding of the Year, but was officially changed to The Wedding Game.

The Wedding Game marks Singapore Sports Council and production company Raintree Pictures' first silver screen collaboration. As this is the first time Team Singapore athletes are featured in a movie

Filming took less than a month and occurred in late 2008.
Main cast

Co-Starring

Special Appearance by Team Singapore
Music
Besides having local rising talent Hagen Tan collaborating with veteran musician Dr Ng King Kang for the production, soundtrack producer and music arranger are filled in by local talent too.
Original Soundtrack
Release
Mediacorp Raintree Pictures held the Singapore premiere of The Wedding Game on January 23, 2009 at the Golden Village Cinemas in both Great World City and VivoCity at 7.30pm and 9.00pm respectively. Its Malaysia premiere was held on January 22, 2009 at The Pavilion.
Island-wide screening in Singapore will commence on January 25, 2009.
Box office performance
The Wedding Game has raked in S$1.25 million at the Singapore box office since it opened in Singapore on January 25 despite strong competition from other titles. It has also done well in Malaysia collecting an impressive RM$2 million as of February 1.
Critical reception
Rating of this movie was publicly discussed as The Wedding Game were argued to be too erotic or obscene and are unsuitable for the young were rated as PG (Parental-Guidance) while its main local competitor Love Matters were rated NC-16 by the censorship board.
References
The Wedding Game WikipediaThe Wedding Game IMDb The Wedding Game themoviedb.org