Review of Ali & the Queens

I'm not very experienced when it comes to criticizing a movie, so I'm just saying this as a part of the general audience (specifically Indonesian). When I first saw the advertisement, I was intrigued by the overall concept of it. The aunties (ratu-ratu queens) have different personalities and interesting dynamics with eachother and I personally loved them. As an Indonesian, Ali's life back in Indonesia hits home to me and the contrast of it with his home in New York is interesting. I mostly laughed at the straight forward auntie's lines (forgot her name). Despite all this, the movie could've been better if Ali's character was more fleshed out. I'm not sure if the problem was with the writers or the actor at executing Ali's character. If Ali's character had more depth to him, then it would definitely hit the audience's heart more when bad things happen to him.