Heartwarming road trip

MALAYSIA definitely "boleh" with its box-office smash The Journey continuing its trek across the Causeway to Singapore after the RM3-million (S$1.1-million) movie earned RM17 million to become the country's top-grossing movie of all time.

With its mix of heartwarming drama and light-hearted comedy, the movie should easily strike a chord with local audiences even if some of the humour and language might be distinctively Malaysian.

But this clash of cultures is precisely what gives The Journey its quirky appeal and that theme itself is explored in the plot which revolves around an easy-going young English lad trying to …