Let me tell you this straight off: I saw Sepet last night. And it is a lot like what I expected from Yasmin Ahmad - designed to be evenly paced, points driven through the dialogue and visuals, (just a tad) idealized view of the world but it's perfect for today's social climate. Some of my friends love it, some despise it, some doesn't know what to do with it because they don't understand the symbolism or concepts and whatnots thrown into the mix. Nevermind my friends, I love them still. Oh, I heard this from a housemate today, just moments before I lay across the floor in front of the TV, "Some writer wrote in Utusan today that Sepet disrespected Bahasa Melayu for mixing it with English and Cantonese." Or something to that effect. Nice, I thought. Some hack just had to question that. I won't say a lot. My only comment is that the language used in the film is fine, it's not sickening to hear nor does it come off as pretentious. Language is a treasure when it means something to the receiver. Else, it's called "trash talk". Period.

Sepet it is a love story well as well as a social critique. And just like thousands of audiences who have watched it, I just want to say, "Congratulations".