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The Girl in the Orange Dress

MMFF 2018 Review: ‘The Girl in the Orange Dress’

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WITH A VERY limited time to watch movies more so to write reviews (so expect ours to be straight to the point and short) these days, we got to choose a very few films to watch from the selection of eight featured films competing at the Metro Manila Film Festival or MMFF this 2018. Our first to watch is Jericho Rosales and Jessy Mendiola’s ‘The Girl in the Orange Dress,’ not because this is the ultimate choice but because we wanted to spend Christmas Day light-hearted and a little romantic but not too trashy. You know what I mean. To our surprise, ‘The Girl in the Orange Dress‘ exceeded our expectation. Not that we expected too little but it’s kinda good. Say, 6/10. The movie is not without flaws but it is very simple, close to reality, and not too cheesy compared with other romantic comedy films these days. It’s not melodramatic but rather funny, and pinches the heart softly, enough for viewers to maybe shed a tear at one point, then hold back, only …

MMFF 2015: ‘Walang Forever’ Movie Review

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‘WALANG FOREVER’ is a gem found in a haystack. It is not every year that we find a film as good as this in the history of Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) especially in the recent years, and more particularly in a romantic comedy genre so it is only fair to give the the film the honor it deserves. Well-written, and perfectly-implemented, ‘Walang Forever‘ is one of the best romantic comedy (romcom) films the Philippine cinema has ever produced, if not the best at all. In a country where romcom is often shallow, and relies only on the names of the lead stars for likability and box office success, having a film as nicely done as ‘Walang Forever‘ is definitely a great improvement, if not a fantastic change. The film offers the right amount of comedy enough to soften the heart of the viewers and share a few laughs within the first half, only to be bombarded with heartwarming, solid scenes of persistent love on the second half, and cap it off with beautiful scenes of true, mature …