Movie review: Pompo The Cinephile

Rating: 4.5/5

Summary:

A movie about a sincere hardworking assistant director and movie buff that finally get to direct his first movie and achieve his dreams.

What I liked:

• We have variety of interesting characters.

  • The nepo baby who had privileged resources and background to make her into a child director prodigy but uses her privilege well by giving chances to the talented but less privileged characters.
  • The passionate hardworking main character who was given a chance and proved his worth.
  • The rags to riches actress
  • The burnt out gifted kid (who helped MC raise fund)
  • The supportive and humble successful actors

• I love the theme of creating movie and how it portrays editing which makes this a unique movie

• The theme is motivating and inspiring in general about achieving your dream and necessary sacrifice or effort you have to do

• It kind inspired me to learn more on filmaking, e.g how certain scenes tell a story, which shot is best, etc

What I disliked:

• Unnecessary off-putting fan service at the start

• The core message is not clear/impactful enough

• I was hoping it would have actual good advices for filmmaking, but some of it are questionable, e.g

  • You only need an attractive lead actress to make a good movie
  • you need to be an outcast to be a director
  • movie has to be short, 90 min long
  • you need to sacrifice everything to make good art/movie

Watched at 27/1/2026