The actual reason why I watched this movie is because it is written by Ricky Lee. I wanted to know how he writes. The truth, I am moved. But I feel embarrassed knowing that a lot of people doesn’t like the movie, even despises it. I might have this thing for family drama or mainstream drama.
I actually love the movie. I love the power of script delivery of Bea Alonso to his dad. I can feel the hate, the years of pain, and the years of surviving (and becoming the breadwinner as the oldest daughter) without a dad whom you know is just out there somewhere. I love the realness and the delivery.
I also love the scene where Enchong and Coco Martin fought. I laughed at what Coco said to Enchong Dee: “Ikaw na, ikaw naman ang magaling—magaling mandaya!” Because if that was said to me, I’ll freaking punch too. It is funny because it is real, and I can imagine me and my siblings fighting over petty things like that. I can feel there pride oozing inside.
I also love the revelation that Lorna is not after all the pure and sinless. She also had her sins and mistakes which makes everyone on the movie human.
The best part? The scene where Lorna is dying. The part where all of them are clinging to their mother and praying all together. That’s freaking dramatic. Made me want to cry, and cry and cry.
I don’t know, the realness is really compelling for me. My ate said she hated the movie because so much things are happening, and it is impossible for many things to happen on one family at the same time. Well for me, many things could happen if one major thing happened. It is like domino effect, you are so much affected by your father coming home, and so it affected each and every one differently. And hell! That’s how movies are; it is tight, magnified and summarized. You won’t expect things NOT TO HAPPEN on a movie. But yeah, the love problems of Bea might be overly highlighted—I think this movie would be better as a teleserye.
Hahaha, why am I defending this movie? Oh well… I love drama. It is real. This movie somehow also made me realize why tragedy happens in life: Things has its reason. The siblings became close to each other when their mother got sick. Things are hard to understand, but there is always a reason always a reason.
Embarassing, but I feel like grading this movie a 3.25/5
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