The Review of Gendut 5 Menit Film by Andika and Zenit

Reviewers :
Andika Kurnia Sandi (04)
Zenit Nurbarokah (36)

Sumber : YouTube

     Gendut is a short film directed by Eko Junianto in 2015. The film stars are Aji, Wildan, Nurokhim, Feri, Trismo, Ipin, Decha, Ni Mahin, Ni Lufi, and Harun. The film produced by Aris Prasetyo is one of the films that took part in the 2015 HKN Short Film Competition.


      This story begins with a child named Aji Gendut, who was mocked by his friends because he couldn’t take part in sports in his school, because he was too fat. Then when he was riding his motorcycle to go home, in the middle of the road the motorcycle tire leaked, so he took the motorbike to the garage. When he was in the garage, the person who repaired the motorcycle said, that the tire was leaking because the Aji's body was too big. When he got to house, he immediately looked in the mirror and saw his big belly. Aji buy medicine to shrink the stomach. But after he drank it, Aji always ate snacks and he weighed 83 kg. The next day, Aji felt his stomach ache and he kept going back and forth to the toilet. After school, Aji goes to a shop where he bought the medicine. In there, Aji talked to the owner of his token that the medicine was making him sick to his stomach. Then Aji was given a slimming medicine by the shop owner and the shop owner gave 2 different medicines. And asked to Aji to mix the medicines at once. After returning home, Aji takes 2 medicines at once and tries to weigh his weight. It turned out that his body weight dropped to 78 kg within 1 day. After that, Aji felt dizzy and finally passed out.

   Gendut is a short film directed by Eko Junianto. It’s different from the another short film titled 1 Liter. The film titled 1 Liter is more interesting and can be understood by the audience. In other hand, the film titled 1 Liter is not easy to understand the purpose of the story and the shooting location is less interesting that makes the audience feel bored. 

     Overall, Gendut is a short film that is very good, interesting, and highly displays moral values ​​regarding health. this film teaches us that all things cannot be obtained instantly, we must go through stages that must be faced first. All need struggle and sacrifice and it's better we are not too ambitious to get whatever we want. The moral values ​​of this short film make it worth seeing, especially for teenagers and young people.

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