May 29, 2021
Katherine Bataan (Sunshine Guimary) was also known as DJ Kaka, hostess of a popular sex-advice show on the radio. She lived with her obstetrician mother Kams (Rosanna Roces) and her cougar grandmother Lolita Kiri (Gina Pareno), and housekeeper Babet (Maui Taylor). She had a long-time male best friend Jorge (Jerald Napoles) and had a gaggle of girlfriends at work, Bo (Jackie Gonzaga), Sicee (Debbie Garcia) and Pre (Juliana Porizcova Segovia).
One night, Kaka attended a masquerade party on a yacht and was swept off her feet by a mystery man wearing a wolf mask. She learned that he could be Levi Sales (Ion Perez), a guy she had long admired from a distance. Kaka was determined to be his girlfriend, even if it meant changing her ways to suit the strict moral codes imposed by his rich but very conservative parents Sue Petra (Giselle Sanchez) and Danilo (Lander Vera Perez).
From the poster alone, one can already pick up that the comedy in this film would be the raunchy type. The film does not waste anytime, opening with a steamy scene of Kaka in her negligee pleasuring herself in bed. Over breakfast, the women of the Bataan family discuss with pride that no man could ever satisfy them in bed. Kaka wore skimpy revealing clothes and constantly spoke in naughty sexual double-entendres with her friends and her callers.
As the titular character of Kaka, vlogger Sunshine Guimary gave a very natural and vivacious performance in her film debut. She was very confident in her sexiness and comfortable in showing off her curvaceous body. For a newcomer, Guimary had very good screen presence, never coming across as self-conscious. Acting-wise, she held her own with her scenes with her effortless, ever-game veteran co-actors such as Gina Pareno and Rosanna Roces.
Guimary also had very good rapport with the actors playing her friends, particularly Jerald Napoles, who was well-cast in this role as the loyal but taken-for-granted best friend Jorge. Jackie Gonzaga had evolved from her days as the shy Ate Gurl on "Showtime," delivering her mile-a-minute raunchy dialogue with aplomb. With her very distinct face and infectious energy, Juliana Porizcova Segovia can steal any comedy scene very easily.
Unfortunately, sticking out like a sore thumb among the cast was Ion Perez, who was sorely miscast as Levi Sales. Not only did he lacked charisma and confidence the role required, he had a weak screen presence in general, so it was unconvincing how he was ever Kaka's dream man at all. It felt sorry to see how he was practically swallowed up by everyone else around the dinner table at the resort during that climactic family confrontation scene.
Janine Tenoso, Marion Aunor and Ronnie Liang were actually seen singing on the screen and interacting with the actors. Original Viva Hot Babes Andrea del Rosario and Sheree Bautista were also in the mix as Kaka's boss and her book ghostwriter, respectively. Former PBB housemate Josef Elizalde played Kaka's scandalous ex-boyfriend Rick. Among the callers asking Kaka for advice were Ai Ai delas Alas and the director's brother Gio Sampedro.
For director GB Sampedro's first attempt in the tricky sub-genre of sex comedy, "Kaka" actually turned out to be an unexpectedly good-natured and fun watch. Writer Conn Escobar's take on sexual politics was quite sensible too, if one looked beyond the gratuitous breast exposure and frankly sexual lines of dialogue. The overall positive energy of this film was mainly thanks to the radiantly likable Sunshine Guimary and the entertaining enthusiastic ensemble cast who were all clearly having a good time. 6/10.
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