Brief Story Line
Film started with the scene of Dika (Raditya Dika) with his old friend (Tommy Limm) discussing about Dika's wedding plan with Andrea (Acha Septriasa). A lovely video clip was already prepared by Dika's friend showing Dika's love for Andrea, such as being ready to really fall for her, undying trust, even selling his own car to provide a pink mini cooper especially for her. All the wedding plans were also in place, including invitations given to friends and relatives. So it was very surprising when Dika was asked to meet Andrea in a restaurant, apparently only to be given a shocking news that she wanted to break up with him and cancel the wedding. And the reason was she was in love with someone else, James (Nino Fernandes), a rich doctor and a better looking guy than Dika.
One year later, Dika who was still broken heart and having writer's block was introduced by his mother (Cut Mini) to a woman. Dika escaped from her mother after he saw the woman was not his type. He later met Trisna (Sheryl Sheinafia), a college student who had her own book club and knew Dika as a book writer. She wanted him to be her guest in the next book discussion. After some "convincing" by Trisna, finally Dika agreed. There were some funny scenes during the book discussion. After accidentally meeting with Andrea and James in restaurant, Trisna decided that she would help Dika to get pass his broken heart condition cause she mentioned that she was also a person who was having a broken heart.
A lot of craziness happened when Trisna tried to help Dika, such as burning all the stuffs given by Andrea, going for a speed dating program where each man would be given few minutes to get to know each other, and then move to another person after the time's up. Last but not least, using an app in handphone to locate a woman who would be compatible to Dika. Needless to say, all the efforts failed spectacularly.
After all those efforts, Trisna was still adamant that she would help Dika to get "revenge" on James with few crazy stunts. Dika did not really approve of the stunts and later on regretted 1 thing which he felt was too much. Dika who was very upset of Trisna was very confused why Trisna insisted on helping him amend his broken heart. Dika's mother felt that it was due to Trisna has a feeling towards him.
So what was the real reason Trisna helping Dika? Can both of them amend their broken hearts? What would happen to James and Andrea? Find them all in this comedy and drama movie.
End of Brief Story Line
The four of us quite enjoyed the movie. It was having some funny moments and some touching moments as well. It was a light movie with brief surprise in the end and a heavy message about broken heart. However, I cannot help to have a feeling that this is a movie with specific kind of audience, i.e. Raditya Dika's fans who happen to be a lot. Those who are not his fans may find it difficult to enjoy the craziness of this movie. This is not to say that the movie is not enjoyable for all people, but just that some people may not be able to accept the humor. I believe it depends on the mood of the people.
If you are into a movie with some slapstick humor, some touching dramatic scenes and you want to listen to the songs from Sheryl Sheinafia (my wife among 1 of those), then you definitely can watch this movie. During the long Idul Fitri holiday, all Indonesian cinema chains only showed new Indonesian movies. This was the only comedy movie, so it would be a good variation if you wanted to avoid the teary eyes drama movies currently playing.
The movie also have some cameos notably Dede Yusuf (who was famous in 80s and 90s but currently more in politics) and veterans such as Hengky Soelaiman and Lydia Kandou. Looking at the cast names in the movie poster, I also noted the names were a lot, and I believe they were quite well known in Indonesian entertainment industry (which I cannot say I have the pleasure of knowing since I do not watch Indonesian TV soap operas). Anyway, I believe that as a newcomer, Sheryl provided quite a good acting and she does not seem out of place playing in a comedy role.
My most memorable scene would definitely be during the speed dating where so many "crazy" characters were thrown into 1 place and created many funny moments.
So if you were not 1 of those 1.2 million audience (and counting) who watched this movie by now, you still have a chance to watch it now before a flock of Hollywood movies start to invade the Indonesian cinemas again next week.
Mike's movie moments rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Note:
Raditya Dika is an author of several novels which have been adapted to movies (and usually written & directed by himself). Among those were Cinta Brontosaurus, Marmut Merah Jambu and Manusia Setengah Salmon. He also writes and manage his own blog where he has lots of readers and fans.
A lot of craziness happened when Trisna tried to help Dika, such as burning all the stuffs given by Andrea, going for a speed dating program where each man would be given few minutes to get to know each other, and then move to another person after the time's up. Last but not least, using an app in handphone to locate a woman who would be compatible to Dika. Needless to say, all the efforts failed spectacularly.
After all those efforts, Trisna was still adamant that she would help Dika to get "revenge" on James with few crazy stunts. Dika did not really approve of the stunts and later on regretted 1 thing which he felt was too much. Dika who was very upset of Trisna was very confused why Trisna insisted on helping him amend his broken heart. Dika's mother felt that it was due to Trisna has a feeling towards him.
So what was the real reason Trisna helping Dika? Can both of them amend their broken hearts? What would happen to James and Andrea? Find them all in this comedy and drama movie.
End of Brief Story Line
The four of us quite enjoyed the movie. It was having some funny moments and some touching moments as well. It was a light movie with brief surprise in the end and a heavy message about broken heart. However, I cannot help to have a feeling that this is a movie with specific kind of audience, i.e. Raditya Dika's fans who happen to be a lot. Those who are not his fans may find it difficult to enjoy the craziness of this movie. This is not to say that the movie is not enjoyable for all people, but just that some people may not be able to accept the humor. I believe it depends on the mood of the people.
If you are into a movie with some slapstick humor, some touching dramatic scenes and you want to listen to the songs from Sheryl Sheinafia (my wife among 1 of those), then you definitely can watch this movie. During the long Idul Fitri holiday, all Indonesian cinema chains only showed new Indonesian movies. This was the only comedy movie, so it would be a good variation if you wanted to avoid the teary eyes drama movies currently playing.
The movie also have some cameos notably Dede Yusuf (who was famous in 80s and 90s but currently more in politics) and veterans such as Hengky Soelaiman and Lydia Kandou. Looking at the cast names in the movie poster, I also noted the names were a lot, and I believe they were quite well known in Indonesian entertainment industry (which I cannot say I have the pleasure of knowing since I do not watch Indonesian TV soap operas). Anyway, I believe that as a newcomer, Sheryl provided quite a good acting and she does not seem out of place playing in a comedy role.
My most memorable scene would definitely be during the speed dating where so many "crazy" characters were thrown into 1 place and created many funny moments.
So if you were not 1 of those 1.2 million audience (and counting) who watched this movie by now, you still have a chance to watch it now before a flock of Hollywood movies start to invade the Indonesian cinemas again next week.
Mike's movie moments rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Note:
Raditya Dika is an author of several novels which have been adapted to movies (and usually written & directed by himself). Among those were Cinta Brontosaurus, Marmut Merah Jambu and Manusia Setengah Salmon. He also writes and manage his own blog where he has lots of readers and fans.
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