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''Reunion Dinner'' () is a 2022
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. It tells the story of a soon-to-be-married couple who arrange for their parents to meet for the first time over
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reunion dinner. But as the boyfriend is estranged from his mother, he fakes a family to impress them instead. The film was released on 20 January 2022 in Singapore and 31 January 2022 in Malaysia during the
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period. The film stars
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, Cya Liu, Mark Lee,
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, Guo Liang,
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, Mimi Choo and
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. It was one of the five 2022 Malaysian and Singaporean
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'' (Malaysia). It is also not related to the 2009
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drama '' Reunion Dinner'' in any way despite sharing the exact same title and both starring Zhu, and another difference is that he was playing one of the main
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, Chaoyang (
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) and Zihong (Cya Liu) have a marriage on the cards, but both have not met each other’s parents. At a client's request, they have to do a livestream of their own reunion dinner to promote the company's
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, and their parents will officially meet for the first time. Estranged with his mother Yanling (
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) and embarrassed by her occupation as a mama-san, Chaoyang decides to fake a family with the help of his mother's boyfriend Wei ( Mark Lee) and two freelance actors, who pretend to be his mother and "fake relatives", resulting in a series of mishaps and hilarity. With Zihong's father flying in from
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, and a fake family assembled, can the reunion dinner go smoothly? Can Chaoyang fix the broken relationship with his mother, and would they celebrate
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and
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smoothly?


Cast

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Lawrence Wong Lawrence Wong Shyun Tsai. In this Chinese name, the Chinese surname, family name is Huang (surname), Wong. In accordance with custom, the Western-style name is Lawrence Wong and the Chinese-style name is Wong Shyun Tsai. (born 18 December 197 ...
as Li Chaoyang * Cya Liu as Liu Zi Hong * Mark Lee as Wei, Yan Ling's boyfriend and part-time actor *
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as Li Yanling, Chaoyang's estranged mother ** Ferlyn G as young Yanling * Guo Liang as Liu Lanting, a Chinese war veteran and Zi Hong's father *
Zhu Houren Zhu Houren (born Jack Choo Hoh Yim on 30 January 1955) is a Singaporean Singaporeans are the citizens and nationals of the sovereign island city-state of Singapore. Singapore is home to a people of a variety of ethno-racial-religiou ...
as Huang Hailong, Yanling's ex-boyfriend **Joel Choo as young Hailong * Mimi Choo as Zhang Ai Jia, a part-time actress hired to play Chaoyang's mother *
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as AK, a part-time actor hired to play Chaoyang's cousin *
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as a
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Release

The film was directed by Singaporean director Ong Kuo Sin; his previous film was '' Number 1'' (2020), which also starred Mark Lee and
Henry Thia Henry Thia Hiok Hui (born 25 February 1952), also known as Alamak and Hui Ge (), is a Singaporean actor and comedian. Career Thia was a member of the main cast of ''Comedy Nite'' throughout its run, having the opportunity to work with both Ja ...
. Filming was completed in July 2021 in Singapore. It starred Malaysian-born Singaporean actor
Lawrence Wong Lawrence Wong Shyun Tsai. In this Chinese name, the Chinese surname, family name is Huang (surname), Wong. In accordance with custom, the Western-style name is Lawrence Wong and the Chinese-style name is Wong Shyun Tsai. (born 18 December 197 ...
and Chinese actress Cya Liu, and its cast includes well-known Singaporean actors and actress Mark Lee,
Xiang Yun Xiang Yun (born Chen Cuichang on 27 October 1961) is a Singaporean actress and television host. She is commonly referred to as MediaCorp's first "Ah Jie" (senior actress) for being among the first locally trained artistes and has been in the ent ...
, Guo Liang,
Zhu Houren Zhu Houren (born Jack Choo Hoh Yim on 30 January 1955) is a Singaporean Singaporeans are the citizens and nationals of the sovereign island city-state of Singapore. Singapore is home to a people of a variety of ethno-racial-religiou ...
, Hong Kong-based Malaysian veteran actress Mimi Choo and multilingual comedian Dasa DD, as well as special appearances by Ferlyn G, Joel Choo. The film was released on 20 January 2022 in Singapore and 31 January 2022 in Malaysia during the Chinese New Year period. It was also released on
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for the China market on 27 January 2022.


See also

*'' Reunion Dinner'' (2009) *''
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*{{imdb title, 16529274 2022 films Films shot in Singapore Films set in Singapore Films set in 2022 Singaporean romantic comedy films Singaporean comedy-drama films 2020s Mandarin-language films Chinese New Year films