5 Sehat 4 Sempurna (2002) Reviews

• Indonesia gets ready for gay issues!?

  hansbearnl2003-01-15

  5 Sehat 4 Sempurna not the least surprised me. In a comic, but sensitive way, the issue of being gay and/or bisexual is dealt with in a way that keeps you laughing throughout the movie, but makes your heart beat fast for the guy in the middle of all this. A group of guys and gals (like the ones who live next door to you in Indonesia, come to a bet between two of their members. Each of them has to try to get a date with someone not so easy 'to get' Ofcourse it causes a lot of trouble, and many funny moments occur, leading to a climax where the outcome is something that none of the friends, not the least the watching audience expects (and I am not giving it away!). Though at times the bad camera work is disturbing, the movie itself is strong enough to hold your intention, and the way they use the english language is hilarious. Watching this movie brings a lot of fun, and the young actors really do their best to give a performance above the average that Indonesian films usually offer. After "Ada apa dengan cinta", "Eliana, Eliana" and "Pasir Berbisik" another movie for international audiences. A pitty that it got a lot of competition from bad movies like "Kafir", but it managed to run for several weeks. Not bad for an Indonesian movie in Indonesia!