Ali & the Queens

Lucky Kuswandi's 'Ali dan Ratu Ratu Queens' offers consistently intriguing take on family and chosen family, but the movie often feels bland and rarely excites. It has great potential, but the execution left a lot to be desired. Marissa Anita put up a decent performance and although Iqbaal Ramadhan is good in parts, he fails to bring his character to life.

1. I was expecting that this movie would be fun. I thought this movie would give me a really good chemistry between Ali and the queens (aunties) because the title of this movie is Ali & the Queens. Turns out it's just so so. I can't feel anything. The ending part when Ali gets scholarship is nonsense.

2. I thought this would be a great comedy movie with their great actresses who played the Queens, but their role is not highlighted as much as I expected.

3. I hope Iqbal, who played as Ali will improve his acting skills. I feel so cringe at some of his scenes. His acting is lack of emotion. You can do better Iqbal, I believe that.

4. The last thing that makes me feel annoyed is the cinematography. Their shooting technique doesn't help at all to support the atmosphere in the story sometimes.

5. Big applause to Marissa Anita, who played as Ali's mother. Her acting is amazing. She is the only reason I watched this movie till the end.

This is a pretty good movie if you're looking for something pretty light, not too deep and not too complex kind of movie, but still deep enough and complex enough for some people.

Honestly we can easily see the plot and how it's gonna end up, like other basic Indonesian movie. But, with nice acting, cinematography, even lighting really creates moods and vibes, somehow it gets to your heart.

It's not an amazing movie, but it's not bad either. I think you should watch.

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Overall, Ali & Ratu Ratu Queens is a basic Indonesian drama comedy, it's funny, heartwarming, and a bit romantic with beautiful visual and nice soundtrack, although the story is generic, mostly predictable and lack of developed conflict but its still fun ride and enjoyable to watch. Recommended! Thumbs up!

Recommended! Thumbs up!

A very entertaining and emotional film, I also like the acting of Ratu 2 Quens, who are very funny and ridiculous, plus Ikbal and Aurora Ribero's acting.