Mr. Cinderella - In the eyes of Dy & Sty
- Brought to you by the Virtual Duo

As Hakimi was driving his daughter, Melati, back to his ex-wife one rainy night, he came across a wrecked car at the roadside. Although worried he might dirty his friend's shoes, Melati managed to persuade him to help. Peering into the car, he saw a woman choking on a fishball or something. He shook the woman real hard, her cardigan sliding off her shoulders, revealing a scar. The woman was not responding. Hakimi took out his pen (err.. the writing instrument kind) and stabbed it in her throat. *GASP*

Unbeknownst to Hakimi, the girl was Princess Megawati from the land of (get ready for this..) Inderapuri Darul Kasih. He left her unconscious in her car, where she was picked up later and sent to the hospital. A public figure stranded along the road, bleeding from a gaping hole in her neck was bound to have the press all over the case. Not missing out, was a particularly obssesive celebrity heel-snapper, known innocently as Siti Shahirah, glamourly known as Mama Paparazzi (no relation to Mama Juwie). She was also the one who found the lonely shoe worn by Hakimi.

In the hospital, what was thought to be a murder attempt, turned out to be a rescue mission. Mega had a blood clot in her throat and the clot was siphoned off via the hole in her neck. The only clue to the rescuer was the muddy shoe. Mega got Siti Shahirah to publicise to the public that a reward of RM500,000 would be given to the owner of the shoe.

Due to obliviousness, Hakimi somehow managed to miss the Mr Cinderella hype. Kumin, on the other hand, didn't. Since it was his shoe and Hakimi pretty much told him what happened, Kumin managed to convince Mega that he was Mr Cinderella.
In order to make sure that Hakimi didn't steal away his limelight, Kumin told lies about him to Mega. So to start off with, Mega was rude to him and in return, Hakimi called her a descendent of a lesser primate. And thus tension and cat-snarling between them continued.

When Hakimi was assigned to do a script based on Mr Cinderella, it was then he realised the story was about him and Mega. Mega realised he was the real Mr Cinderella coz he knew about the scar on her left shoulder. Was the hatred they felt for each other all this while, actually repressed love?

SUBPLOT

Hakimi divorced his ex-wife, Melur, with a talak tiga but he wants to remarry her. According to Islamic laws, she has to marry someone else before remarrying him. Hakimi's friend, Bob, agreed to marry Melur so that later on, he could divorce her and Hakimi could marry Melur again. The deal was, Bob was not to sleep with Melur.. Yeaa.. right..

Bob, being a typical heterosexual male, lusted for Melur (who wouldn't be - she is a very beautiful lady). Melur must have been in heat or something coz she actually wanted Bob, too! As to why anyone would pass Hakimi's good looks over Bob's err.. face, is waaaaaaaay beyond us..

QUOTES:

"Mandi sorang-sorang sudah. Mandi dua-dua, belum..." Melur acting coy with Bob. EEWWW Factor:10/10

"Beruk!" - Hakimi when the egoistic Princess refused to shake hands with him. It is Yusry's favorite scene. Hehehehe…

"Eh? Sejak bila pulak Telekom Malaysia dah letak talian telefon kat atas pokok?" - Hakimi while answering a call from Princess Megawati. HAHAHAHA!!!

"Biar tak dapat memandang, asal hidup ini tidak sunyi sepi" - Princess Megawati during the never-ending poetic words exchange with Hakimi at the CNI office.

"Can't you see? He's my real Mr. Cinderella!" - Princess Megawati upon realizing that Hakimi was the actual beruk, err… we mean HERO that saved her life.

REVIEW...

Da' Good Stuff

Love the quirky bits.

- Hakimi has semi-superpowers. Firstly, he's psychic - he knew he was gonna get engaged to a princess, he knew Bob is screwing Melur and he knew that Princess Mega was being fixed up with Kumin by her parents.. all the premonitions in his sleep! Secondly, this guy can sleep underwater! Thirdly, even after Kumin took his credit, money and girl, Hakimi still lets him live! They should be calling him SuperKimi!!!

- Hakimi called Princess Mega 'beruk'. Mega called him 'bapak beruk'.

- Cable News International's top reporter - Siti Shahirah. Top (and only) newsreader - Siti Nurhalijah (Hmm.. mcm pernah dengar nama ini, tapi di mana, ya?)

- The Sultan kept giving his subjects holidays. The Prime Minister (cameo-ed by AR Badul) had to bring along some ministers with him to Malaysia coz they got bored and wanted to spend their holidays in Malaysia. Hahahaha!!!

Opie is a riot! His comic antics are not over-the-top and vey likeable. Even though his character, Kumin, betrayed Hakimi, the audience still can't make themselves hate him. The same stuff that makes him one of the most popular comedy actors around.

The combination of M Rajoli and Khatijah Ibrahim is impeccable! Love the Laurel & Hardy physical attributes! M Rajoli is a joy to watch as he effortlessly carried the role of a mighty Sultan yet managed to instill comic reliefs (calling Helmi Gimmick's character "Datuk Over" - HAHAHAHA!!!).

And of course, we can't go on without complementing Yusry's stark improvement in the acting department. We are not prasing him just coz we are KRU fans, we will diss when it's due. But Yusry really got it down. In the initial parts of the movie he did seem awkward, but later on he seemed to be able to relate to his character. Come to think of it, Hakimi is not that different from Yusry, isn't it? Both are quiet. creative, subdued. The difference is Yusry don't have to stab anyone to get his girl.. hehehehe...

Da' No-Good Stuff

Why is the dialogue sooo over the top? Smells of Yusof Haslam influence all round. They even swapped verses and poetry! Wada??!

The Bob and Melur saga was too long - not much impact to the major plot of the story. In fact, the only way it really affected the story was when Hakimi was sending Melati home.

Of ALL songs a royal orchestra has to play.. Kuch Kuch Hota Hei?

Erra Fazira... Her first comedic movie role in Soal Hati had us quite impressed - loved her for it. Even won a best actress award for that. So we thought she might be more cut out for comedic roles rather than dramatic ones. Boy, were we wrong.. Maybe it's the script, dialogue, watever! This girl needs brushing up! No offence but this is how we feel...

Lessons that can be learnt from this movie:

Apparently, even though you saved a princess's life, you can't go to her engagement ceremony unless you accept the Datuk title.

Always have a good FirstAid kit around - u never know when u'll be getting a bloodclot in your throat and a medical-graduate-turned-writer will be around to save u using a rubber tube from the kit...
Oh, and always have a pen too!

Webmaster: Thanx to Dy & Sty for letting me put this up over at this website. All the above mentioned are mere jokes to lighten ur mood and not to condemn the movie, its actors and actresses, director, producers and crew members. We, the virtual duo and me, would like the extend our forgiveness if this article has done any damage (if yes, my goodness ain't they - Dy & Sty - good at critic or what). Any comments or if you have your own view on the film, you can always send me an email, and i'll put it up if it's not harsh!!! (you know what i mean)