Dua Garis Biru

I had been eagerly anticipating this film for about two weeks before its premiere and made sure to tell my mom about it. When I shared the title and a brief synopsis, she seemed a bit puzzled. She initially thought it was just another low-budget teen romance movie, a genre neither of us particularly enjoys. She questioned why I was so insistent on watching it and remained uninterested. When the day of the premiere arrived, I found myself quietly sobbing during one of the early scenes. I asked my mom for some tissues, and as she glanced at my tear-streaked face, she gave me a bit of a condescending laugh along with the tissues. To her surprise, she ended up crying even more than I did, three times over!

A very worthy film to watch because it contains a lot of education that can be taken, such as the impact of excessive "dating style", in this film it is also taught that communication between children and parents is very important.

The film expressly tells the story of what has remained taboo in society. Although the beginning was widely opposed, the film successfully demonstrated the importance of sex education for adolescents. All aspects are well crafted, despite some of its drawbacks. Worth it to watch.

Where to begin, this movie is spectacular first and foremost. The directing, the writing, maybe a little lacking in the acting department but it's understandable since the main characters are newcomer in the department, but superb acting from the senior actors nonetheless. So, right off the bat, I'll congratulate Gina S. Noer for her directorial debut, she did spectacularly through this movie. She's no newbie at this business and it shows. The shots were beautiful, some of the scene even though taken at Indonesia's slum area, those shots were a scene stealer, particularly the bridge scene. Also the infirmary scene with the long take, those are some killer shots I tell ya. The writing and acting is pretty good as well, and I personally felt that this movie has more than 1 climax point which is good because they divided it evenly between climax. One of the best scene is when all of the actors were grouped in the school infirmary, Lulu Tobing, Cut Mini, Dwi Sasono played their part perfectly. Zara and Angga also great particularly in this part as a scared and confused teenager, sadly they are a bit lacking in few of their line deliveries. The scores are also great, good choice of songs to fill the background with, particularly naif with their "Jikalau" really fits the film. For such a long time Indonesia needs this kind of movie, educating us about the importance of sex ed, the communication between parents and their children and how we're supposed to face a certain condition when we're faced with one. All in all, I gave it 8/10, it is a GOOD movie, just go watch it before it is pulled from the cinema :)