Pulang

Todays films are 90% formula. Same stories, with different characters. This one is different. You will never figure out what's coming next. Visually pleasing village scenes, characters that suck you in, and enough action to keep you wide awake. This is my 1st movie review, so you know it impressed me enough to take the time to write this. Don't miss it! CS Directors Guild of America

This must be the 1st malay movie that kept me glued to the screen from start to finish. Character development was sufficient, so you can really feel (at least some of) the emotions the characters were supposed to portray. The storyline was awesome, even though it still stuck to the "true love" theme so prevalent in malay movies. What really kept me glued was you know from the beginning what the ending is, so you want to know why? Why? Why?!!!

Great malay movie. The. First. Ever that i didnt find an excuse to leave the cinema for popcorn or the toilet or made me yawn tears. And I watched it on netflix at 1 am after a really really crazy day.

Got to hand it to the people behind this effort for the special effects, namely CGI, to recreate some scenes from the 40s during the war. Pretty nifty actually though slightly unrealistic at some points. It helped a lot to have the CGI as the story itself is really not above the level of the daily soaps seen on tv. Serious movie goers might not be satisfied in my opinion.

And as it turns out , I really loved this film, it was very affecting. I had no idea what Malaysia is or anything about these people and their beautiful culture, golly it looks really nice there, and I bet it is really nice there I would love to visit and perhaps lay around there by the beach and enjoy all the nice atmosphere! I really fell for this story because it was charged by a powerful and intense impassioned backstory. I really loved the cross-over and arch-over of the characters and the main theme! Watch it if you want to experience your heartstrings tugging at your very soul asking if what you are doing now is worth it, is it really worth it... loved it.

I thought the actors and production team did a great job, but the story itself drove me nuts. The man basically abandoned his family: no letters, no money, no return. So the rest to me is manipulative.