Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

pablum-wag ... even if it is a teen movie. Is this what you Indo fan girls wanted to hear? AADC is about a girl aptly named Cinta (literal translation in English is love) who is a relatively secure and popular girl in her cosy little clique. She writes a poem about her and her friends for a competition and completely expects to win. Of course she doesn't... she is beaten by a mysterious boy named Rangga and that's when her intrigue is peaked. He er... rocks her world. (yiew!)AADC has a beautiful cast. Dian (Cinta), of course, totally took the acting cake. But I've always wondered whether or not it was Nikolas' (Rangga)frigidity in his first major movie that truly gave his character credibility. And compared to most films, the supporting cast aren't too melodramatic for the average western viewer (who although have probably been exposed to cringe-worthy overacting, might not have experienced serious eyebrow/eye/mouth action... unless you've seen Emma Watson in HP and the Goblet of Fire).It's moving, it pulls at your average teenage girl (or just plain female... OK fine, EVERYONE'S) heartstrings, it's situation of verboten love and coincidences are only semi-believable...But what really makes AADC different and worth watching when you could watch every love-comedy teen flick under the western sun is that it provides something that I probably would not have accepted if it wasn't Indonesian. AADC isn't about a bet, lust, or so much of a highschool social hierarchy. Cinta and Rangga come together under their appreciation of the arts (as far as the arts can go in a Indo teen flick). Sure there's angst... but it's such good angst! My only gripes are the following: Upon my first viewing of AADC, I was told that this movie was controversially the first teen movie to have a kissing scene in it. My shock aside, I eagerly awaited this so called kissing scene. It came and it went I tried my best to reflect on whether on not the absence on one would have taken anything away.In the end, I decided that the film was set well enough not to have a kiss. It was good enough as it was, if not better. The relationship between the two characters was set so well that I didn't feel the need for a kiss to know that my favourite couple would get it on.There was just about only one scene in the movie that I totally wanted to slash into pieces, hide in my pillows and cry out in despair. And it was the dancing scene. Although the film makers could put in down to establishing to the audiences that Cinta's group have good times dancing like a wriggly worms imitating a pop girl-band, let it be said that that fact was already demonstrated through witty dialogue etc.BTW- I watched AADC first with English subtitles, then without them (pausing whenever there was fast Indoensian chatter). I give AADC approximately 6.5 out of 10.

Kyemaera I enjoyed AAD2? and found it had the general stuff like most Hollywood teen flicks; friendship, teen angst, independence, love and comedy, like any shallow person I enjoyed the comedy/romance at the end between Cinta and her friends getting to the airport to get to Rangga before he left and then leaving without Mamet.However I also liked the undertones of societal issues such as domestic violence leading to despair and attempted suicide. The issue of political beliefs which resulted in loss of status and in Rangga's case family members who left. These types of issues are not usually found in a Hollywood teen flick and I think this is a movie that Indonesia should be proud of.

chreesel I think this film is GREAT!!! Well, at least for Indonesian films...Ada Apa Dengan Cinta? holds few worth things for teens, as some of us get very fed up with usual love stories and all. The romance between Cinta and Rangga is unusual, yet very interesting and cool, heh heh... And unlike many other teen films, this one right here has a unexpected ending. The filmmakers didn't get trapped in typical happy ending only, but choose a rational one, yet still sweet with a bit of surprise afterwards...This film cause some famous quotes and actions among Indonesian teenagers, makes it such a phenomenon.. Last of all, I personally hope for the sequel someday in future... =)

savetheempire I just watched this film last week as part of the Indonesian FilmFestival in Melbourne - I'm studying Bahasa Indonesia at schooland am doing a project on kebudayaan remaja - youth culture. Kids, this is a great movie. It's better than any teen flick churnedout by Hollywood in recent memory (it is, I would say, in the 10Things I Hate About You league). It's not great for a 'foreign' movieor whatever - it's great in it's own right. It combines the age-old appeal of teenage romance with enviablefriendship, humour and the poignant sadness of Alya's situation.Cinta is the kind of character girls aspire to - pretty, smart, gutsy asall hell - and Rangga is, well, let's face it, he's hot as all get out.There's some serious messages in this film, about friendship,about honesty, about violence and trust, but luckily it steers frombeing preachy. Maybe it's because the Indo film industry is lessjaded than that of Hollywood, but this movie gets right what somany Hollywood teen flicks have gotten wrong. Watch this movie. Fall in love with it. Trust me.