A thin recipe for love. There was a time when Filipino romance movies poured out way too much emotion. Now the tendency is not pouring out enough, resulting is almost no flavour besides a couple of famous faces in Bea Alonzo & Gerald Anderson.

:: Glossy. Visuals are ridiculously pretty.

:: It feels like a rehash of one of those Kimerald films. It's really lazy.

:: Worst set of supporting cast for a Star Cinema film. Forgettable one-liners and Villegas never really attempted to use them appropriately.

:: Admittedly, it had a good premise. Imagine a story that starts off with them not having sex on their first date and instead, they talked for hours and found themselves comfortable with one another. Then, it tries to translate and balance the harsh realities of love and career.

:: How I wish this was given to a younger generation of actors. The dialogue between the two leads never really resonated to me, as a viewer. This may be arguable at some points tho, especially if that was the main purpose of the director.

Rewatched this film in 2019 because of 1) CinemaOne, and 2) no internet (Globe DSL sucks).

This film cuts deep on so many levels, and although Bea and Gerald look like perfect actors filling up the roles of imperfect characters, deep down it's an ode to every couple's struggle of choosing between career and relationships.

"You make all things possible for me."

Consequences comes with a choice, and I have to live with that

Bilib lang talaga ako kay Dan Villegas. Kapag gumagawa kasi siya ng love story hindi siya puro pacute, laging malapit sa realidad.
Parang rushed yung ending pero maayos naman overall

Sobrang nakakakilig! Super relatable ang storya nina Anj at Niño.

"You make all things possible for me."

Mahirap talagang pumili between love and career, lalo na't hindi pa nararating ng isa't isa yung gusto talaga nilang marating as individuals. Gusto ko yung Choice A-Choice B at kung paanong nagpalit ang pananaw ng bawat karakter nang makilala nila ang isa't isa.

Mahirap, pero magagawan naman ng paraan. Basta't matutunan ng isa't isa ang umintindi at maghintay. ♥

Rewatched this film in 2019 because of 1) CinemaOne, and 2) no internet (Globe DSL sucks).

This film cuts deep on so many levels, and although Bea and Gerald look like perfect actors filling up the roles of imperfect characters, deep down it's an ode to every couple's struggle of choosing between career and relationships.

Babe, babe, babe. Paulit-ulit, kadiri. Pero sa totoo lang gusto ko na talagang magkaroon ng dyowa e huhu. Pero parang ang hirap-hirap naman ng buhay may dyowa hahahaha hindi ko na rin alam. Luh luh luh luh luh.

research research lang

may napala naman ako, kasi sana naman pag babe time, baaaaabe tiiiiiime

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Why can’t I have both?

Quite the charmer of a film but I cringed at Gerald Anderson here. Bea’s just great at what she does. She can act a phonebook...and LIVE. The thing I was not fond of was the supporting characters, they didn’t add anything at all.

:: Glossy. Visuals are ridiculously pretty.

:: It feels like a rehash of one of those Kimerald films. It's really lazy.

:: Worst set of supporting cast for a Star Cinema film. Forgettable one-liners and Villegas never really attempted to use them appropriately.

:: Admittedly, it had a good premise. Imagine a story that starts off with them not having sex on their first date and instead, they talked for hours and found themselves comfortable with one another. Then, it tries to translate and balance the harsh realities of love and career.

:: How I wish this was given to a younger generation of actors. The dialogue between the two leads never really resonated to me, as a viewer. This may be arguable at some points tho, especially if that was the main purpose of the director.

I seldom watch Tagalog movies because they're usually crap. Oops, sorry. I'm all for supporting local cinema but the big studios churn out the most ridiculous and often repeated plots with stupid gags or love stories just for the sake of hitting box office. 

When I entered in law school, I had a newfound respect for local films because it took me off my busy mind from the stress of academia. Local cinema has improved in recent years too thanks to indie films and a positive action from 2016's Metro Manila Film Festival.

This year, my first local film is this movie. I never really expected anything, just a normal love story to help me relax. To cheese on. But this movie made me fall in love. It's well made albeit the formulaic love story.