Bisik Pada Langit movie review: "Khabir Bathia is the master of creating moments."
I will try make this review as spoiler-free as possible. This movie is about the close relationship of a father Wak Selamat (Jalil Hamid) and his daughter Siti Hajar. Siti Hajar (Umi Nazeera) met with a motorbike accident during her semester break in Australia and went into coma. So this whole movie revolves around this premise.
Simple plot, no? However, the direction and execution are amazing because Khabir Bathia is the master of creating moments. He is able to masterfully craft and invoke emotions from audience by creating all this “moments”. I can recall 2-3 powerful scenes that will stay with you for a while. The movie wasn’t without its flaws, for instance the details on the medical appliances are pretty off putting. In the group I went with was a doctor so he verified some of the obvious mistakes. The repetitive "not able to speak english" jokes are also overused. But these are all minor issues that didn’t affect how you feel for this movie.
Cinematography was amazing. The cinematography alone is worth your 18 bucks.
Story execution - This movie is told in flashbacks. The character development evolves as you get into the flashbacks explaining everyone’s relationship to Siti Hajar. It is a gradual process that made everyone’s relationship heart-touching. The tricky part about the movie is it can only work if you fell in love with Siti Hajar, a loving character who gels the whole family together and Umi Nazeera excelled with flying colors. Because by the end of the movie, the audience fell in love with her.
Acting wise – if Jalil Hamid did not win an Oscar (read FFM) then Malaysian entertainment industry must be real shabby. Jalil Hamid delivered a world class acting in this one and I must say he overshadowed everyone in the movie, yes, including beto and Ummi Nazeera.
My only gripe is that, Ummi Nazeera was sort of under-utilised here. If a few more powerful scenes given to her, she would definitely able to showcase more range and ensure Best Actress award in her hand. She is one of the actresses that have a natural flair of being likeable. Still an award worthy performance from her, nonetheless. The rest of the cast was good including Fadhilah Mansor. One whole solid cast they have there.
So, yeah, 3.5 SOLID STARS for this movie!
Tarikh Tayangan: 21 September 2017
Genre: Drama
Pengedar: Astro Shaw
Pelakon: Jalil Hamid, Ummi Nazeera, Beto Kusyairy, Fadilah Mansor
Pengarah: Kabir Bhatia
Ulasan oleh Zyeus King, dari group Facebook Movie Addict
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