PINTU TERLARANG (FORBIDDEN DOOR)

MY RATING



DIRECTED BY
Joko Anwar

YEAR RELEASED
2009


PLOT OUTLINE
The life of a successful sculptoris turned upside down when he begins receiving mysterious messages from somebody who's asking for his help. When he stumbles upon an illegal TV broadcast which offers snuff, he finds out that the person who's trying to reach him is a 7 year-old boy who has been kept and abused by a vicious couple. As he digs more, he discovers that his wife might be connected to the whole mystery. Soon he has to decide to leave the boy to die or to lose everything and everyone he knows.

MY CRITZ
SOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOODD!! WORTTHHH SEEINGGGG!!!!
I don’t usually say this about Indonesian movie, but this one is on top of my must-see movie chart.

Unlike any Indonesian movies made nowadays, this movie has a lot of depth. The storyline is unpredictable and the suspense keeps me wanting to see more. It reminds me a bit of John Cusack’s movie Identity, with a dash more of twisted personality.

The suspense, kept me at the edge of my seat. When I thought that one thing would happen, the director (Joko Anwar) spins the whole thing to another direction. This movie took me on a journey of emotions; pity, scared, happy, and sad. There was a part where I felt sorry for Gambir (Fachry Albar), but that sorry turned into me wanting to slap him and say “you’re a man damn it!” I was really immersed into Gambir’s character and mind, that I came out of the movie feeling blessed that I’m still a girly-girl.

I realized that all the random imageries shown on the screen are there for a purpose, to show us how Gambir’s mind works. How his imagination and reality are intertwined, basically he's a handsome man with a broken brain. Awww too bad ;(

Aside from great editing (need to tweak it a bit to perfection), this movie truly shows the schizophrenic male character that is sexually depressed with multiple personality caused my child-abuse.

Yes, it sounds very weird for me to like this movie, but I really do. I enjoy it immensely. I must warn you though, if you don’t like bloody or gory stuff, bring your best eye-mask with you for the last 2 minutes. Otherwise, go rent it now!!!