Papadom the movie is coming close to it’s final leg on local cinemas. If you still haven’t watched it, I suggest you to take sometime off your busy schedule and watch this movie on the big screen. This might just be the best I’ve watched movie this year.

Papadom is a simple story that anybody could relate to. It’s a story about Saadom, a loving husband and also a hardworking father. In his quest to make a better living for his wife and daughter by expanding his Nasi Kandar empire, he had neglect to spend time with his daughter.

It all changed when his wife died in a car accident. Saadom then turns into a dependable father but is a little bit over-protactive of his only daughter, Mia Sara. He tries to get involved in every aspect of his daughter’s life. Things then get more hectic when Mia Sara went to collage.

Saadom then pretended to be a gardener in order to get a job as the collage’s gardener so that he can still keep a close eye on his daughter without the her knowing. Think Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire.

It’s a heart-warming, emotional, tear-jerking movie with a lot of funny scenes and dialogs. You can’t help to feel emotional and laugh out loud at the same time. I think that’s the genius behind this film.

Critics says that Papadom is just like all the other previous Afdlin’s film. Yes there are some plot holes in the movie that Afdlin might overlooked. For example, the posting of SPM results on the school bulletin board and among other thing. The way I look at it is that this is not a film based fully on reality, if it is then you wont have the Saadom’s dead wife appearing and giving him advice.

Small plot holes are forgiven and it’s there to drive the plot forward. In this Afdlin’s little own make belief world, a world where a simple papadom can be marketed as far as Dubai, SPM results are posted on the school’s bulletin board.

See this film and you’ll have a better understanding of why this film won five major awards at the recent Malaysian Film Festival, Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Score and Best Original Story. All of the cast were perfectly casted. Afdlin as Afdlin is, played Saadom very well, Liyana Jasmay did a good job too being Mia Sara, Que Haidar played an entertaining the geeky film student and the rest of the cast did their job well.

Papadom to me is Afdlin Shauki’s best work yet. This film proved that you don’t have to make a controversial film just to sell it. If I were Afdlin right now, I would be worried thinking about what’s next, how would one top Papadom? Then again fortunately I am not Afdlin, and I’m pretty sure he already got something up his sleeves to wow us next.

If you still haven’t watch Papadom, go and watch it now while it’s still showing in cinemas.