![]() ![]() While there’s over-dramatization here and there, Indra Gunawan’s direction is surprisingly able to restraint the film from being a superfluous extravaganza. Its grounded accuracy is what makes it universally relatable, whether to teens or older generations it almost seems like people, at some time of their lives, are able to connect to the story in one way or another. ![]() On the surface, Dear Nathan – adapted from a sensation-laden Wattpad phenomenon – is exactly ‘that kind of coming-of-age romance.’ It’s cliché-ridden, saccharine-laced and unfocused but it’s grounded to reality and, more importantly, accurate. With all those traits, there’s this thought that this genre is designed solely to its target audiences – adolescences, mostly adolescent girls and, audiences outside that circle (adolescent boys and grown-ups) will find it tedious and delusional. ![]() People are aware that coming-of-age romance is prone to uninviting clichés and hormone-induced exaggeration. Salma’s simple act of compassion, to which Nathan returns with a completely different act of valor, leads these two youngsters into the offspring of coming-of-age romance fraught with cute moments and teen angst at once. ![]() A bon-chic-bon-genre girl, Salma (Amanda Rawles) unexpectedly meets a violent, rich yet troubled greaser, Nathan (Jefri Nichol), after both come late for school with opposite reasons. Review: Dear Nathan is a clear-cut boy-meet-a-girl story. ![]()
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