Be With Me (2005)
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90% of critics liked it
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81% of users liked it
(2,402 ratings)
Produced by the gifted Marin Karmitz's MK2 Productions, Eric Khoo's omnibus film Be With Me encompasses three separate tales. All are concerned with the themes of love and fate, each centered around a character who yearns to be with another, beloved individual. In the first segment,… More Produced by the gifted Marin Karmitz's MK2 Productions, Eric Khoo's omnibus film Be With Me encompasses three separate tales. All are concerned with the themes of love and fate, each centered around a character who yearns to be with another, beloved individual. In the first segment, "Meant to Be," an elderly shopkeeper suffers from the pangs of loneliness until an encounter with the blind and deaf Theresa Chan (via her autobiography) changes his life; the 61-year-old Chan portrays herself in the segment and shares her story with the audience. The second, "So in Love," chronicles the experiences of two teenage lesbians whose lives are about to change irrevocably. In the third, "Finding Love," a middle-aged security guard (Seet Keng-Yew) divides his affections between food and an infatuation with a professional woman who works in his building. He feels too intimidated to approach the girl formally, but ultimately decides to make himself known with a letter. Be With Me co-stars Ezann Lee, Lynn Poh, Chiew Sung-Ching, and Samantha Tan. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- Directed By
- Eric Khoo
- Written By
- Theresa Chan, Eric Khoo
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Art House & International
- In Theaters
- Sep 29, 2006 Limited
- Studio
- Film Movement
Critic Reviews
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Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader
This elliptical, poetic movie is filled with yearning, humor, and warmth.
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V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Viewers' patience will be rewarded as the stories come together in a moving fashion.
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Stephen Holden, New York Times
Although four stories are folded together in Eric Khoos elliptical film, it's the true story of a deaf and blind Singaporean woman that gives the movie its backbone.
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Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
Sometimes clumsy and dry, always sympathetic, and wryly interested in the impact food has on social intercourse, Be With Me is eventually affecting once its elliptical shape becomes clear.
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Derek Elley, Variety
Pic's awkward combo of true life and fiction doesn't really work in a dramatically cohesive way, despite incidental pleasures and character vignettes.
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Cast
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Theresa Chan
as Herself
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Chiew Sung Ching
as Father, Shopkeeper
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Lawrence Yong
as Son
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Leong Koi Eng (Ah Mui)
as Mother
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Elizabeth Choy
as Herself
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Seet Keng Yew
as Fatty Koh, Security Guard
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Lynn Poh
as Ann
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Ng Sway Ah
as Father
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Lim Poh Huat
as Brother
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Sanwan Bin Rais
as Security Supervisor
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Toh Cheng Onn
as Neighbour
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Maximillian Wong
as Neighbour's Son
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Ezann Lee
as Jackie
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Samantha Tan
as Sam
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Jason Tan
as Brian
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Lim Poey Huang
as Jackie's Mother
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John Cheong
as Sam's Ftaher
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Sherry Lim
as Sam's Mother
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Shaun Koh
as Sam's Brother
- Theresa Poh Lin Chan
- Leong Kooi Eng

