Brilliant and touching

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

This is one of those movies where main character is supposed to be about 9 or 10 years old, but due to morality issues they make her 20 and retarded, behaving like she is mentally 9.At this point there are numerous reviews that state this movie is a masterpiece. IMDb rating for it is 6.4. And people who chose to rate it that high are walking around freely among rest of us. Reason I chose to see it is because it is classified as COMEDY. Unless you are into necrophilia and child molestation (or sexual intercourse with mentally deficient people) this movie offers absolutely nothing.The most annoying thing in entire movie is the way actress Meredyth Herold chose to deliver her lines. Sadly, I think she probably nailed her role and did precisely what was expected of her, to role-play retarded 9 year old, sexually abused, little girl. Since I am not amused by watching retarded people speak, I did not find it entertaining at all.Comedic value of this film is right up there with finding belching, farting, and poking dead animals with a stick funny. Except replace dead animals with almost dead people.For those of us that are closer to sanity, to whom edge of what is acceptable as comedy stops somewhere little bit after American Psycho and before Serbian Film and Hostel, this movie is something better left untouched.

As this is my first review for IMDb, I decided to choose something obscure and potentially difficult. Art-house stylistics with Euro-centric sensibilities is what is evident in Singapore Sling. A film-noirish tendency envelopes this production in a attempt to deviate away from the twisted intents of the main characters. Yes it is filmed entirely in black and white, but the aforementioned film noir elements derive not just from this but also through the foreboding qualities of the narrative, the sensual erotica of the deviant femme-fatales that are thrust before us like they were doyens of Marquis De Sade scriptures and the pseudo-psychological revenge/redemption plot that lies within. Make no mistake this is not easy watching, convention is not permitted. It is exceedingly macabre, yet also allowing sexual pleasure to derive from many levels of disgust. The processes of consuming food in this film will indeed disgust you. If that doesn't then the "disgust" will capture you in many other ways. If you are a fan of Transformers or Shreck then stay away, but if you like unique visual experiences then please indulge.

... Singapore Sling has been one of my fav films since many years .... .. ..... I don't want to say much about it .. just a very important element that everyone who has seen Singapore Sling or will see it must know .. ... A movie that I saw last night made me see a HUGE drawback in this beloved film ... . .. .. The movie that I saw is called " dead reckoning " .. it is a film noir with Humphrey Bogart ( for more about this movie --> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039305/ ) .... So the thing is that the words in the last scene of "dead reckoning" are almost the same with the ones spoken in the last scene of "Singapore Sling" .. !!!!----.. Nikos Nikolaidis has stolen these lines ...---- ( they are NOT put in the film like a "game" between him and the viewer .. to see if somebody will find the "link" between the two movies .. NO .. -->.. the lines are clearly stolen by Nikolaidis )

Well...it doesn't get much more bizarre than this! To sum it up simply, Singapore Sling is a work of extreme cinema; featuring all manner of things from sadomasochism to incest...but it's shot in a style reminiscent of the classic film noirs from the golden age of cinema. The two styles offset each other constantly, and this gives the film an extremely surreal atmosphere as well as a completely unique style that ensures Singapore Sling is nothing like any other film ever made. The film was made in Greece, which makes it almost unique in its own right as Greece isn't a country famous for film-making. The plot focuses on a detective who is looking for a girl named Laura. One night, he stumbles upon two women burying a body and we are introduced to what has to be one of the most "offbeat" mother and daughters in cinema. We then follow the daughter as she details the things her and her mother get up to, before the weary detective; who is given the name 'Singapore Sling', stumbles into the pair's home and ends up becoming 'involved' in more insane games.The film is shot in beautiful black and white, and director Nikos Nikolaidis does an excellent job of making the film as picturesque as possible. In fact, the film is so damned pretty that even morbidly sick practises such as a mother having lesbian sex with her daughter don't seem quite so grotesque when seen in this film. The film only features three performers, but it never gets boring even though the film runs for over 110 minutes. The director somehow manages to keep things interesting despite the fact that the film often retreads similar ground. Much of the credit for the film must go to Michele Valley and Meredyth Herold, who both provide brilliant performances as the mother and daughter central duo. Panos Thanassoulis is good also as the title character, but he remains silent for most of the film and never gets a change to fully impress. The film plays out well throughout, and it all boils down to a suitably sick finale which gives credence to both its pornographic and film noir styles. Overall, Singapore Sling is a fabulous piece of celluloid which needs to be experienced by everyone who considers themselves a fan of cinema!