Abstract: This paper aims to analyze the audience's acceptance of the film Nurbaya which once appeared as a
novel about a century ago. It is interesting to analyze whether the existence of nurbaya's theme is
related to her ability to read changes? So, it is also necessary to see how the metadata of the nurbaya
film. Does nurbaya movie metadata have anything in common with Siti Nurbaya's novel? By looking
at the metadata, it will be able to answer questions related to the enthusiasm of the Nurbaya audience.
The enthusiasm of the audience can be seen through the audience's acceptance and response in the You
Tube comment section of Nurbaya's film. This paper uses a literary reception approach that is used to
answer film metadata and audience responses. This paper has 2 (two) findings, first: the outline of the
story in this film is almost the same as the story in the novel Siti Nurbaya by Marah Rusli (1922). The
difference is that the film is shown more modernly. Second, the enthusiasm of the audience occurs
because this film is in accordance with everyday reality, and contemporary perspectives, and is full of
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