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Friday, April 03, 2009 @ 6:33 PM

TALENTIME

It's always hard to aptly place Yasmin Ahmad's movies into a specific genre but it's no lie to say that hers are all little slices of life's pie where you can sit down and get a whiff of its delicious scent before taking a bite into something fulfilling. It was her vision to capture the essence of humanity in her films and the images in "Talentime" simply reverberate that sentiment. I would not go so far as to say they reflect a reality that we all know and recognise but Yasmin Ahmad's films have always been a sentimental look into human emotion; matters of the heart and most importantly - the concept of love.

"Talentime" does not disappoint in that sense.

The characters of 'Talentime' are the kind of characters that you would not disassociate from real life people in Malaysia, a rich blending of all that makes our country unique. What makes this film work so well is that not once does it feel as though it is rubbing an idea into your face. Yasmin's handling of racial and religious issues is seen by some as controversial but this writer views it as a most refreshing and sensitive take on the subject. She makes no conclusions of her own in the film, merely letting the presence of the subject linger within the story but allowing the audience to come to their own decision. ( taken from a movie critic)

Watching this movie was totally an unexpected thing. i heard bout it on radio and tv and suddenly decided to watch. it was my second movie post exam. Aaron whom finished his on call decided to join me for the 1045pm show at tGV seremban 2. Even the cashier at TGV was like " dunno why ppl not watchin this movie, its a good story" he was super glad we were buying tickets for it. like we expected there were only a handful of ppl in the cinema. i guess us malaysians still streotype malaysian films. i m sure u have met ppl whom go " aiyah who wants to watch a malaysian film" ok i confess i was one of them until i watched Sepet by Yasmin. and since then i loved all her film. so i had high expectation for talentime and the movie exceeded my expaectations.

i think yasmin ahmad outdid herself.

This is pure malaysian film with dialogues in BM, cantonese, tamil and mostly english.

From the plot, to the wide versatile actors, the script, whoa the english, till the oh my god i must get the OST songs....it was awesome.

some of the famous acotrs in the movie include, harith iskandar, azean irdawaty( top actress), jacyln victor ( malaysian idol whose tamil was so fluent ) pamela chong ( vince AF's sister and amazing race asia 2 ) ida nerina ( top actress and amazing race asia 3 ) mahesh kishor, karhoe, syafi ( new guys) , elza irdalyna ( azean's daughter, rising star, proud to say my ex primary skool mate) tan mei ling, and of course adibah noor ( top singer, actress in loads of adverts).

this is a must watch !!!!!

let me treat you to one of the OST of talentime ( taken from bollywood movie aaja nachle )