December 19, 2024
Director: Omar Deroca
Writer: Ronald Perez
When she was first year high school in 2013, Pinlee "Pin" (Candy Veloso) transferred to a new school. The first girl who became her friend was Maraya "Aya" (Angelica Hart), daughter of employees of Pinlee's family. They became best of friends from their very first meeting, and this eventually developed into romantic love. One day, Pin was brought to Manila by her father, leaving Aya behind. 10 years later, Pin and Aya meet again.
This was basically a simple coming-of-age film about two best friends who discover love with each other. To pad the sex scene quota, there were extraneous scenes with CAT officer Fled (Julieanne Richard) and Pin's sister's boyfriend Macoy (GBoy Pablo). However, the true clincher that set this story apart was this wild preposterous twist about a major secret that was kept by one of them all those years ago, only revealed in the last 5 minutes. 4/10.
Director: GB Sampedro
Writer: Marvic Kevin Reyes
Wealthy businessman June (Rolando Inocencio) had two daughters. His biological daughter Agatha (Aiko Garcia) is now working for him as marketing manager. His adopted daughter Ubel (Vern Kaye) is now studying medicine. Agatha and Ubel have been the best of friends since childhood, and this closeness eventually developed into romantic. One day, June introduced Agatha to his best friend's son, Lawrence (Josef Elizalde) as a boyfriend.
Aiko Garcia and Vern Kaye tried their best to portray their characters, but it was the inconsistent way how these characters were written that made them problematic. Again it was the writing that made June's insensitivity to Agatha's feelings appalling, even if it was really made to look like it was her fault. Again, the crazy ending was such a blast, unintentionally (or maybe intentionally) hilarious in its preposterousness, topping the "Pin/Ya" ending. 4/10.
Director: Christian Paolo Lat
Writers: Christian Paolo Lat, Kevin Piamonte
Mona (Ataska) and her father Adon (Mark Anthony Fernandez) ran their own bakery. One day, one of their trusted employees Lina (Cariza Manzano) suddenly left to go to Manila. Adon brought in a new girl Lucy (Christy Imperial) to replace Lina as Mona's apprentice. Just as she did with Lina before, Mona also became romantically involved with Lucy. However, Adon wanted Mona to get married to their business partner Jake (Van Allen Ong) instead.
This story was basically like the previous film in that it involved a father wanting his daughter to marry a rich boy, but the daughter was in love with a girl instead. Having Mark Anthony Fernandez cast as the father, there was no surprise at all that he would be up to no good. Ataska is commendable in her nuanced portrayal of Mona, the girl with a talent of kneading dough into the best monay, but it was far too subdued to be memorable. 4/10
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