6 Reasons Why 'GJLS: IBUKU IBU IBU' Was Crowned KapanLagi #MovieOfTheMonth June 2025

Kapanlagi.com - The Indonesian family comedy titled GJLS: IBUKU IBU-IBU is enlivening the film industry in the homeland in mid-2025. This film marks a new step for GJLS from the podcast world to the film industry and features a lineup of famous names. Starting from the GJLS comedy trio: Rigen Rakelna, Hifdzi Khoir, and Ananta Rispo; renowned actress Nadya Arina, and senior actors like Luna Maya & Bucek Depp.

This film tells the story of Rigen, Hifdzi, and Rispo, each facing complex life problems. Now adults, they are still far from stability and still rely on their father, Tyo (Bucek Depp), who works as a boarding house owner.

Tyo feels loneliness and sadness after his wife, who is also the mother of his three sons, passes away. In short, Tyo meets Feni (Nadya Arina), a beautiful girl who lives in his boarding house. Tyo, who falls in love with Feni, plans to marry her soon and also pass on his boarding house business to the cigarette saleswoman.

Rigen, Hifdzi, and Rispo are shocked by their father's decision. Unwilling to let the inheritance fall into someone else's hands, the three of them try to thwart the marriage plan. However, the problem becomes even more complicated with the emergence of Sumi (Luna Maya), Tyo's old friend. Although initially it does not raise suspicion, Sumi actually has bad intentions and secretly steals Tyo's boarding house certificate.

At first glance, this film seems to offer a story that is flat, simple, and quite cliché. However, behind all that, GJLS: IBUKU IBU IBU receives several points from film observers, including the editorial team of KapanLagi, due to its unique aspects. Check out the full details here, KLovers!

1. Bloopers Displayed Clearly

In GJLS: IBUKU IBU-IBU, several bloopers are displayed clearly in the main scenes of this film. For those who don't know, bloopers are short clips from a film, television program, or video production that contain mistakes made by the cast or crew. Usually, bloopers are shown at the end of the film or in a post-credit scene.

"It's a leftist film, so to speak, because there are indeed many scenes that go against the norms of filmmaking, like, 'huh, why is it like this?' So there are a lot of surprises, it's really exciting in this film," said Rigen in a segment of KapanLagi Show some time ago.

2. Has a Moral Message for Community Life

Rispo, who is addicted to online gambling and caught up in online loans while being pursued by debt collectors, provides education for the Indonesian community to stay away from the main source of financial problems: online gambling.

Tyo, who carelessly signed a modified agreement for Sumi's benefit, ultimately had to let his rental house certificate fall into the wrong hands. This serves as a lesson for the community to be cautious when making agreements with anyone to avoid becoming victims of fraud.

3. Relates to Community Life

A number of social phenomena presented in this film are very relatable and close to the lives of the Indonesian people. Life, which feels very difficult, is portrayed through Feni, who as a cigarette sales promoter earns just enough to live.

Sumi, the manipulative and cruel character who exploits 'small loopholes' to engage in illegal activities, represents many individuals trying to gain significant profits from a community that is not tech-savvy, not legally aware, and does not validate much hoax news.

"Yes, that's right. So actually, the story, if summarized, in terms of characterization and background, is really very grassroots. Very normal life, like for example, the three of us, our jobs are that I am a rain shaman, Rispo is a person who likes to guard an internet cafe and eventually got involved in online loans and gambling. Hifdzi is a dangdut host, so the reason why our jobs are like that is also because of our father. Because our father is a boarding house owner, and all this time the boarding house has been managed by our mother, and all the money is handled by her. Basically, our dad just reads the newspaper and drinks coffee, it's really a grassroots life," said Rigen.

4. Research Before Production

Rispo mentioned that the production team and the GJLS trio conducted a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) with several people about this film. They wanted to know what made the FGD participants laugh, and that was used to select the jokes in this film.

"Supported. The production house support from the director is already good. But uniquely, we had conducted an FGD, we tried testing this film on a few hundred people who are not familiar with GJLS. The FGD was held in offices, and what we had prepared, the points of laughter that we had set up, they ended up laughing, and it turns out this film is enjoyed by people who know GJLS will be very entertained. Monty Tiwa's function here is to guard the boundary where this is still a cinema film, if it goes beyond that, it becomes a film (that is on) reels," said Rispo.

5. Many Plot Twists

Rispo stated that the plot twists in this film happen every 15 minutes. This can be proven by viewers who are quite clueless about what happens in each segment. Although this claim can be debated, there are indeed many plot twists in this film that occur from the beginning to the end.

"But this is why it's said to be strange, in one film, every 15 minutes there is a plot twist. Even just starting, if you watch later, as soon as the film starts, within one minute there is a plot twist," said Rispo.

6. Entertaining Experimental Film

With all its uniqueness and can be said to be 'against' the flow of Indonesian comedy films, this film is claimed to be one of the experimental forms from the GJLS trio and several other parties. Rispo, as a member of GJLS, stated that there has not been an Indonesian film like GJLS: IBUKU IBU-IBU. He even mentioned that this film is an experimental film. Nevertheless, in general, this film successfully entertains its audience.

"There has never been a film like this in Indonesia, especially in comedy, but like GJLS: IBUKU IBU-IBU. It seems like this is the first film like this, and if it succeeds, it would be ridiculous. It really seems like this is successful," he said.

(kpl/ums)