Film Review: Susi Susanti Love All, The Badminton Legend's Struggle

Finally the long-awaited come! The biopic film Susi Susanti Love All will be shown in theaters this week. Who does not know the figure of Susi, a badminton athlete who made Indonesia famous in the 80s and 90s? Well, the story was picked up on the big screen through made by Sim F. Let's look at the film review.

Susi Susanti Love All started from the childhood of Susi Susanti (Moira Tabina Zayn) in Tasikmalaya. During the 17s race, Susi refused to take part in the dance competition and insisted on watching her brother compete for badminton. At that time he challenged his brother's opponents to play badminton and successfully defeated.

Through the match, Susi was offered to try out at PB Jaya in Jakarta. His father, Read Haditono (Iszur Muchtar), who is a former badminton athlete, strongly supports Susi leaving for Jakarta. There he trained with other children by the figure of Rudi Hartono. Susi has become increasingly ambitious adolescents to compete.

Winning the 1985 Junior World Championship, Susi stepped into PBSI's national training and was more mature. He was trained by Tong Sin Fu (Chew Kinwah) and Liang Chu Sia (Jenny Chang). There also Susi met fellow athletes such as Alan Budikusuma (Dion Wiyoko), Ardy B. Wiranata (Nathaniel Sulistyo), Hermawan Susanto (Rafael Tan), Sarwendah Kusumawardhani (Kelly Tandiono).

Susi also won various achievements, ranging from gold medals at the Jakarta Sudirman Cup in 1989, gold medals at the 1989 World Cup in Guangzhou, gold medals at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and a series of other medals that she won.

The climax was in 1995, as a descendant of Chinese Susi felt uneasy because her citizenship status was still unclear. Though he has brought the fragrance of Indonesia's name in the international eye through badminton. Not to mention the media discussing his love affair with Alan affected his achievements.

How did Susi Susanti get through all that?

Film Review Susi Susanti Love All, Struggle of the Badminton Legend

The film Susi Susanti Love All invites us to see how the journey of the legendary figure of Susi Susanti. Starting from a little girl's dream, perseverance, and ambition to win the match, everything is shed in this film.

In addition, all the achievements of Susi Susanti did not just happen. Everything happened through his struggle and rigorous training. He has practiced since he was young, and it is also not easy to be far from family. Spectators who like to abuse athletes if they lose must watch this film because being an athlete is not easy.

Not only badminton but in this film also alludes to the Indonesian political shock during the Soeharto year. We see Indonesian citizens of Chinese descent who at that time had difficulty finding citizenship time.

Any amount of medals does not guarantee the status of their citizens. In this film, there is also a quote that struck the heart, "Athletes after going down the podium, the height is equally". The riots of 1998 also appeared, an old wound that was stifling the chest.

In the film, we are also presented with a badminton match which certainly makes us enthusiastic, excited like in general. The nationalist feeling was felt, especially when Susi won the competition and the Indonesian song was aired.

The most gong moment, of course, was when Susi Susanti was filled with tears at the Barcelona Olympics and when they competed at the Thomas Uber Cup in Hong Kong in 1998. So prepare your tissue. The drama in this film feels just right, and there are some humorous scenes when young athletes are at PBSI.

Laura Basuki Successfully Play the Ambitious Figure of Susi Susanti

Speaking of acting, Laura Basuki succeeded in becoming an ambitious figure of Susi Susanti. Then the chemistry between Dion Wiyoko who plays Alan Budikusuma is also no doubt. Their moments start to get close and dating is adorable and makes the audience smile.

Lukman Sardi who played the role of MF Siregar also had a thumbs up, then the coaches Chew Kinwah and Jenny Chang, their character also had a conflict with the government because of citizenship status.

Now, we will give applause to Kelly Tandiono who plays Sarwendah, then the figure of Susi's mother, played by witty Dayu Wijanto and Iszur Muchtar's father who appeared warm every time he interacted with Susi aka Laura Basuki.

Beautiful Cinematography and Color Tone

Cinematography and color tones that are in tune with the film are also the ones that steal the attention. Sim F successfully displays the atmosphere of the 80s and 90s, ranging from hairstyles, clothing, shop houses, shops and vehicles such as cars and motorbikes that are truly vintage. Most adorable when Susi and Alan visited the Trio restaurant eating Capo.

There are some details that are forgotten in this film. Susi's eyelashes for the 80s don't feel right, then Sundanese and Javanese accents from some of the players are less convincing and there are scenes that feel awkward when Susi's diary is taken. Even so, this film is still fun to watch.

Susi Susanti Love All is an inspiring and nationalist biopic film. We are invited to see the struggle of the badminton legend and the political turmoil of the era. The casts appeared solid, especially Laura Basuki and Dion Wiyoko. With great cinematography, you are brought to reminisce in the heyday of badminton.