Movie Review: As Jy Sing is just plain bad

The story has been designed to give them an excuse to talk in monotonous speech patterns in between their songs and to take off their shirts. The supposed send-up of Bok van Blerk, emerging Rambo-like from the water, and Bobby van Jaarsveld taking his shirt off in a ridiculously bad imitation of Bo Derek in 10 takes cinema to its lowest point this year.

Combining an old-style militarist group of Kamp Staaldraad-style celebrities who are supposed to clash with musical celebrities makes Glee look like Shakespeare. The songs barely register on the hit-parade radar and in contrast to other misc-heavy Afrikaans offerings such as Liefling and Pretville, the choreography is clumsy and superficial.

The acting is bad. Robbie Wessels’ extreme caricature of a school principal is particularly embarrassing. If this is the standard of Afrikaans film in 2013, then the industry is in serious trouble.