Film

Being Human

2010 · 1h 47m · Comedy

Singapore, the present day. Mai Wei (Mark Lee), a successful branch manager for slimming company Natural Beauty, is sacked for cutting corners in the name of profit and attracting the ire of customers. Enraged, he sets up a rival company, My Way Slimming Centre, with several Natural Beauty employees, including Jie (Jeremy Chan), younger brother of his wife Zu Er (Yeo Yann Yann). As Natural Beauty continues to expand, Mai Wei goes on the offensive, licensing a herbal slimming pill, Dadavianxiaovoo, that contains a banned substance. As his company's image representative he chooses the massively overweight Wang Yao Yao (Tay Yin Yin), daughter of his favourite wonton noodle stall owner (Wang Lei), and feeds her the pills in large doses. Meanwhile, Zu Er, who's desperate to have a child after eight years of marriage, starts believing the gods have cursed them because of her husband's unscrupulous business practices.

Mark Lee

Mai Wei/Max

Yeo Yann Yann

Zu Er/Zoe

Jeremy Chan

Jie/Jack

NoNo

Mai Wei's conscience

Tay Yin Yin

Wang Yao Yao

Ng Hui

Abigail Chay

Jack Neo

• Jack NeoDirector

Release date

March 3, 2010

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 47m

Genres

Comedy