Losmen Bu Broto: The Series Review
Director: Arwin Wardhana
Date Created: 2025-05-31 17:30
3.5
Losmen Bu Broto: The Series Review: Directed by Arwin Wardhana. Based on the film that came out in 2021 and took its cue from the 1980s series, the eight-episode series is about the life of the Broto family, who own a small losmen in the glorious province city Yogyakarta. The cast includes Mathias Muchus as Pak Broto, Maudy Koesnaedi as Bu Broto, and Wulan Guritno as Anna. Baskara Mahendra also makes an appearance as Tarjo, and then there are some additional actors who bring depth and emotion to the characters.
Losmen Bu Broto: The Series Review
In first look, Netflix’s Losmen Bu Broto: The Series appears to be a gentle, soothing series regarding the family. But after the initial two episodes, I understood, all characters are fighting in a silent but fierce battle. The Broto family lives in peace and harmony. Broto Papa and Broto Mama manage a guesthouse with the help of their children. The oldest daughter, Pur takes charge of the kitchen and delivers good food and energy for breakfast.
Pur’s best friend, Sri, the second sibling, lies on the giant overstuffed couch and daydreams under the headphones of maybe becoming a singer. The youngest among Losmens, Tarjo, daydreams of modernising their family business, but actually, he is a trouble magnet.
I enjoyed how the show gave all of them an agenda and something to rebel against. It didn’t spell everything out beforehand and just left me piecing together in my head information about each and every one of the Brotos on their own. Pur’s battle with reconciling her past, or Tarjo’s quest to find himself, was so identifiable. I especially adored those scenes where the family members helped each other during low-key, un-dramatic scenes. Realistic to me, at least.
One of the most interesting plotlines followed in Losmen Bu Broto: The Series on Netflix is the return of Jody and his wife Anna. Jody is an old friend of Mr. Broto’s and previously helped this family out. Anny, however, returns home early, and Anna remains at the guesthouse. Her journey possesses the curiosity value of watching a writer in search of another muse. Anny forms an unlikely friendship with Tarjo, and there a love develops very slowly between them. I didn’t connect as well with this love line, but I loved their emotional honesty with each other. It was that old-fashioned display of how two lonely hearts often wind up with each other in the most unexpected circumstances.
Aside from that, I suppose I have to say that I didn’t like Anna’s sudden and very out-of-character story break in the middle. She was a strong woman who was incredibly self-assured initially and then appeared to be wildly unstable and bamboozled. Her character also made less and less sense in the show, the longer it was on, and that was disappointing because I felt like she was beginning on a really solid basis. I just wish the writers had been a bit more consistent with her character.
The only part of it that caught my eye was the background. The charm behind Yogyakarta, the culture, the food, and the music are quite innumerable. I’ve never been to Indonesia, but the show took me there, to somewhere hot and welcoming. That guesthouse was such a hot and lively environment; it was almost like an extra character in the story.
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But it’s not a perfect series, either. The narrative is leaden in spots, and not all of the drama transcends the level of soap opera. The music volume is inconsistent in some scenes , too loud and some too low and just totally annihilates the mood. And it’s true for some of the characters themselves, too, who are more heavily drawn-out types, but other characters suffer, with their roles distorted in the process.
And yet, all its flaws, I think Losmen Bu Broto The Series is deserving of praise. It’s less smooth and exciting than imported drama, but for whatever it lacks, fewer programs have heart. The average Broto family was more authentic than the shock stories we read. It taught me that life is not always about grand things but little things, people, and personal growth.
Summing Up
Overall, as an Asian drama fan, I have to say that I liked the Indonesian drama Losmen Bu Broto: The Series. It provided me with a perspective of another culture in a respectful and sentimental manner. I did not love everything in the series, but I liked the characters to be engaging and the story to be truthful.
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