MMFF 2015: ‘Walang Forever’ Movie Review
‘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 …