Movie Review : IMPERFECT

 IMPERFECT

Director                     : Ernest Prakasa

Producer                    : Chand Parwez Servia, Flaz Servia

Scenario Writer        : Meira Anastasia

Story Writer              : Meira Anastasia

Cast                             : Jessica Mila,Reza Rahardian,Yasmin Napper,Karina Suwandi

Released Date           : 09 July 2019

Duration                    : 113 Minutes

Genre                         : Romance,Comedy,Kids Movie,Drama

Country                     : Indonesia

Language                  : Indonesia

Award                        : National Winner Best Comedy Programme from Asian Academy                                             Creative Awards    

SYNOPSIS

A research manager at a cosmetics company, Rara (Jessica Mila) who gets a new challenge to change her appearance in order to occupy a vacant position. Rara is the first child of the couple Debby (Karina Suwandi) and Hendro (Kiki Narendra).

Rara has a sister named Lulu (Yasmin Napper). Rara has a fat body in contrast to her mother who is a model and her sister.Because of this body shape, Rara often gets bullied pressure, body shaming, and beauty standards. Even in her office, Rara often gets discriminatory behavior from a group of gangs, just because of her fat body. They are Marsha (Clara Bernadeth) and her two friends, Irene (Karina Nadila) and Wiwid (Devina Aurel).

Meanwhile, on the other hand, Rara has a lover, Dika (Reza Rahardian), and best friend Fey (Shareefa Dannish) who continues to support her regardless of her body shape.
Until one day, Rara received an offer to occupy a position as a company manager in her office.
However, she must be able to change her appearance with beauty standards in general.
Rara then tried to change her appearance until she got the position.
Success with her career, it turns out that she is faced with a new problem that makes Rara lose her boyfriend and best friend.

REVIEW 

The first time I read this movie title, I am very interested with the title. In this era there are many bullying crimes that make their victims feel insecure with what is in themselves. This movie tell us to love ourselves. It tells body shaming and insecurities in such a universal and proves how urgent and important this issue is, regardless of the character's social status and gender. In this era, women are expected not only to be qualified but to be presentable especially in the workplace. If Rara been a man, her problems might have been different. She might not have needed to worry about her appearance as much if her brain alone was enough to earn her the promotion. 

This film is not just for women. Men can also relate to the case. To make the soul of the movie more relatable, Ernest and Meira widened the definition of insecurities, applying it to the male characters, Dion Wiyoko's character is constantly doubted by his mother who happens to own the company and Reza Rahadian is insecure about dating someone whose physical appearance changes.  

The film reminds us that beauty is not just about slim,white skin,or straight hair. whatever that you have,you are beautiful if you love and be yourself. at the end of the day, insecurities do not belong to a certain gender. We should celebrate our imperfections and be grateful for what we have instead of being insecure over what we don’t. For that matter,Imperfect deserves to be grateful.