Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts

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Remarkable, unique and beautiful. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Badly written and below average direction. The acting was good; the actors fit their roles; but poorly led. I speak some of the language, but the local accent was so thick that I expect many Indonesians would have trouble with it. The plot lacked continuity: two guys leave, but just one returns, no explanation of the other; a bus driver is killed without any logic or reason. Of the four of us watching, the two women in our group walked out, one after the first quarter, the other after the second. Some beautiful location shots, but they felt arty and not fully successful. Not a good effort. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review david l Thanks to some gorgeous rural vistas and a very evocative score, Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts basically becomes an Indonesian version of a western movie. The revenge thriller elements are subtle as is its feminist message. The movie can be too leisurely paced, but an excellent protagonist, confident directing and a lot of heart at its core made for a truly winning formula. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member One key reason I appreciate this film is how it has women being victimized, but they aren't utterly destroyed mentally; the act(s) against them (esp. Marlina) weren't completed or committed in the most heinous, violent, even deadly way. The extreme pain, the psychological weight of the worst violent beatings, the vilest rapes, are so hard to bear for a truly engaged empathetic audience. Marlina is an exceptional character in this context. Her actions, her vengeance of a sort, were nothing superhuman or too much of a stretch to accept. To see her go from such an abhorrent serious of events to carrying the head to the police only to stop when being called out by Topan shows such resolve but also an ethical base. The spirit of the headless attacker follows her, as it would any actual ethical being. The scenes with Topan are so warm, sweet, maternal. This is the Marlina we do not see at first, but we can feel this is her at her most natural, motherly essence. It's also good to see Novi go from the overly talkative, weak pest at the mercy of low men to a strong figure who takes extreme action when it's needed most. But, there are slow stretches. The movie could've done with a bit better pacing or one or two more scenes within its 95 min. or so that had some more interesting dialogue or some action. 3.3 stars Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Average, slow. Not very interesting. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Marlina is a brilliant story. A big shout about Indonesian Culture and and its perspective. Salute to Mouly! She is brilliant! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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