![]() ![]() m nasir tries and succeeds somewhat to elicit a response from me but the rest of the leading cast are all cardboards. inevitable that she was the lead actress but deeply, deeply flawed decision for the film. she doesn't exude the grace nor the natural beauty demanded of the role, nor does she poses a voice (a bit croaky, isn't it?) to perform lengthy verses of spoken word poetry kinda dialogue and voice over. she is so limited, so one-dimensional and so wooden. tiara jaquelina was really not fit to play this role. editing style was fine, though the decision to drag it out to 145 minutes was certainly ill-chosen. great set, nice cinematography, nice costumes. moving on, the production values are all excellent. it's just a rumor, but one does wonder why an excellent performer and performance ended up so maligned. jaquelina co-produced this with her husband) then it is regrettable. if the stories that jaquelina instructed the removal of lots of jane's scenes are true (to take out screen "competition". he met my expectation and handled a tedious script to his very best. i very much wanted to like this film as i'd like to hope high for Malaysian films. ![]()
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