In the Room
2015 1h 30m movie Film Hong Kong

In the Room

无限春光27

“Can you resist temptation?”

In the Room is a Hong Kong–Singapore co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.

Synopsis

无限春光27

“Can you resist temptation?”

This sensitive and sensual film draws together several narratives spanning several decades, all of them transpiring in the same room of the same Singaporean hotel — and all of them involving sex.

Hong Kong × Singapore Co-Production

Hong Kong (lead)Singapore

Other Hong Kong×Singapore titles

Other Titles From Zhao Wei Films

Comedy + Drama in Hong Kong

71 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding In the Room itself).

The 2014–2016 Hong Kong Window

In the crowded 2014-2016 Hong Kong release window, In the Room sits at #52 of 57. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.

  1. Little Big Master
    #1

    Little Big Master

    ★ 7.9 · 2015
  2. Trivisa
    #2

    Trivisa

    ★ 7.2 · 2016
  3. Bounty Hunters
    #3

    Bounty Hunters

    ★ 7.2 · 2016
  4. Patriots Day
    #4

    Patriots Day

    ★ 7.0 · 2016
  5. Robbery
    #5

    Robbery

    ★ 7.0 · 2016
  6. Mad World
    #6

    Mad World

    ★ 6.9 · 2016
  7. Now You See Me 2
    #7

    Now You See Me 2

    ★ 6.8 · 2016
  8. Sara
    #8

    Sara

    ★ 6.8 · 2015

The 2010s Hong Kong Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Hong Kong, 166 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when In the Room premiered alongside 22 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 22 other Hong Kong films in 2015.

The 750th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).

Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).

Audience Engagement

28
Reviews
54th
Review-volume percentile
85th
Popularity percentile

28 audience reviews — more than 54% of Hong Kong films in our index.

Popularity (85th percentile) outruns review volume (54th) — a trending, discussed title among Hong Kong films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on In the Room, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • interracial romance · 4
  • transsexual · 4
  • sexual humor · 3
  • sex talk · 2
  • unsimulated sex · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • singapore · 15
  • drug abuse · 6

Reception Benchmarks

4.7
TMDB Rating
28
Audience Reviews
Polarizing
Critical Tier

Ranked #800 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (4th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -1.6 points below the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.

Among Hong Kong Comedy productions specifically: #255 of 266 (top 96%).

Production Details

Primary CountryHong Kong
All Production CountriesHong Kong, Singapore
Original LanguageChinese
Spoken LanguagesMandarin, Korean, English, Japanese, Malay, Thai
Production CompaniesZhao Wei Films
Runtime1h 30m
Release DateSeptember 15, 2015
IMDbtt4076164