lagi-lagi… berantakan.

masalah klasik film joko anwar yang terus keulang: dialog super kaku yang terkesan gak natural, terus too much intrik di awal dan semuanya flop total di act akhir.

padahal openingnya udah solid banget, mulai dari pengenalan karakter edwin sebagai typical guru yang badass & berwibawa abis… sampe akhirnya JADI BIG L di akhir film. 

dan buat kalian yg ngira film ini bakal deep dive ke isu kerusuhan ‘98… hmmm… ya gak salah sih, tapi jangan terlalu berharap ya.

setting…

this hits waay closer to home. 

growing up as a woman in a patriarchal society, i quickly learned that society has already mapped out my life for me.

“either you obey the rules, or stay quiet,  then you’ll always be in good hands.”
“you show too much skin, so cover yourself more.”
“you’ll get married & have kids one day, so why bother dreaming higher?”

back then, i didn’t know who i was, so i clung to the role of the…