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Nia Dinata's 'A World Without' begins intriguingly but quickly devolves into muddled terrain as it tries to explain itself, making it one of those films that want to appear as if it has big ideas, but isn't quite sure how to handle them and gradually runs out of things to say. The actors try their best but can't cover up such poor writing.

Awkward dialogues and many MANY plot holes were getting worse as the movie went. Is it sarcasm towards no-dating-campaign? Or women empowerment? Futuristic education? The actors surprisingly (because they known for good acting) failed to bring whatever purpose they intended to highlight in this movie. I'm so sorry but I hope next time they invest more in a good writer, prop master, and production designer.

I didn't really wanna watch it at first. But after seeing the Ad. Several times on YouTube, I decided to watch it.

From the first 5-10 minutes, I already knew that it's gonna waste my time.

The storyline, the conflict, etc. Were ..... It's hard to explain.

It's messy.

As if it's not planned thoroughly.

I'm disappointed.

The story was a bit confusing at first, what to bring in this film. Romance or friendship. I don't know where to focus. Midway through romance films and stories of long-standing friendships begin to fade with less tense thrillers. Until the final round, the thriller was lacking, as if in a hurry to conclude all the scenes in this film.

The visualizations are sometimes sweet, sometimes dark in a dystopian style. Confusing the visuals. Nia Dinata is great for having stories that are out of the box and daring to raise issues that might become controversial, such as, polygamy to anti-dating before marriage at the age of 17.

For the main character, Amanda Rawless is good enough to lead the audience to follow the storyline.

Maizura, somewhat lacking in emotion, was too forced to get into a sudden conflict.

Only one that is proud of, namely Asmara Abigail, for being a character who managed to provide the most emotional and comedic elements in this film. The whole story is flat.

Don't expect too much, but if you want to watch the Out of the Box story, that's fine...

I think the idea is amazing, a cult-like thriller, but the execution is awful. The first few minutes are really interesting though, you try to understand what is happening, it builds up on you... and then mid-film until the end you're just confused about what is happening.. even the ending doesn't give you much closure bcz they try to tell too many stories at once. Not sure what they're trying to explain here. Anti marriage? Women empowerment? To me, they try to be like the handmaids tale narrative but in a less serious and more cringey tone ??

The worst thing is that the acting is super cringey and the script, especially the set, the "trying to look advanced but fake gizmos (a transparent phone?)" i don't buy it. I think if they made it darker and in a more serious tone it would be better.