Cast: Judy Ann Santos, Ramon ‘Bong’ Revilla Jr., Vic Sotto, Gwen Zamora, Sam Pinto, Jolo Revilla, Oyo Sotto, John Lapus, Aiza Seguerra, Jose Manalo, Wally Bayola, Mikylla Ramirez, Amy Perez, Ryzza Mae Dizon
Synopsis: Agimat (Bong Revilla), hero of Amuleto, has proposed marriage to his love Samara (Sam Pinto). He invites his friend Enteng Kabisote (Vic Sotto) to the wedding, and asks for his help as he and Samara spend their honeymoon in the human world. The two heroes meet Angelina (Judy Ann Santos), an environmental activist who is secretly the princess of a magical kingdom. A grave alien threat arrives on both Earth and Amuleto, and the three must join forces to protect their worlds. But the heroes’ respective wives don’t take very well to Angelina, threatening the alliance. (Click the City)
MTRCB Rating: GP
Running time: 105 mins
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Reviews:
2.5 Rommel Llanes (PEP)
“Expecting too much from the movie or taking its flaws seriously may just spoil one’s craving to be entertained.” (Read full review)
2.0 Reel Advice
“The plot, while useless at best, takes the backseat from all the prolific advertisements mid-movie.” (Read full review)
1.5 Carljoe Javier (Rappler)
“In all honesty, there was nothing that surprised me about Si Agimat, Si Enteng, at Si Ako, except that it was just extremely politically incorrect.” (Read full review)
1.5 Nicol Latayan (Tit for Tat)
“Amidst all this, these questions still remain: Is this really necessary? Would something have changed if the movie was not made? What can it still offer to its readers? And lastly, when will it end?” (Read full review)
1.0 Philbert Dy (Click the City)
“It can only give audiences the same thing they’ve been offering up for the past few years: very tepid fantasy action, with no one to really care about.” (Read full review)
1.0 Cathy Peña (Make Me Blush)
“Si Agimat, Si Enteng at Si Ako is narratively spare and its content artistically destitute.” (Read full review)
1.0 Bum-Spot
“As if their individual movies aren’t bad enough, they even collaborated to make a movie that constantly insults a thinking mind and renders you comatose out of sheer stupidity.” (Read full review)
1.0 Kikko Kalabud (Hot for Movies)
“There’s really no story to tell in the first place. There’s really nothing spectacular to show. All it gives is just a real headache.” (Read full review)
1.0 Chino Cruz (Katipunan)
“The humor is juvenile and shallow at best, as the characters try to milk jokes even the Three Stooges would be ashamed to use.” (Read full review)
Cast: Aga Muhlach, Regine Velasquez, John Lapus, Mark Bautista, Gina Pareño, Tommy Abuel, Ariel Ureta, Pinky Marquez, Raymond Lauchengco, Jojo Alejar, Joy Viado, Nikki Bacolod, Jay Perillo
Synopsis: Umboy (Aga Muhlach) is an aspiring lawyer who failed at the Bar Exams which left him heart-broken and demoralized. He took the failure really badly and settled for a solitary life working as a fly by night Notary Public agent. Berns (Regine Velasquez) on the other hand is a charismatic & professional fixer who earns by brokering deals between private and government officials. Their roads meet when Berns had to get a legal representative to finalize a settlement with a shrewd client. They clicked and thus started a business partnership which eventually led to a romantic one.
Running time: 105 mins
MTRCB Rating: PG-13
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Reviews:
5.0 Rito Asilo (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
“(Bernal’s) latest offering may not be roll-in-the-aisle funny, but when it isn’t yanking at viewers’ heartstrings, its unforced situational gags will have them chuckling heartily.” (Read full review)
5.0 Cathy Peña (Make Me Blush)
“With brisk pacing yet unhurried exposition, unobtrusive music, occasional funny glibs, adequately developed characters, well-tempered performances, inspired writing, and the pervading theme on the redemptive power of love, it’s easy to declare Of All The Things as one of 2012′s most delightful and affecting movies.” (Read full review)
4.5 Katrina Stuart Santiago (GMA News)
“In a land where rom-coms are the go-to projects for every artista wannabe, here are Aga and Regine, age and all, giving the commercial film industry something to chew on.” (Read full review)
4.0 Mario Bautista (Showbiz Portal)
“Due credit must be given to Mel del Rosario’s well written script that avoids mawkishness and has well defined relatable characters that easily endear themselves to the viewers.” (Read full review)
4.0 Mark Angelo Ching (PEP)
“It’s unhurried. The story focuses on the characters than on a forced love story.” (Read full review)
3.5 Oggs Cruz (Twitch)
“The film is consistently delightful, which is enough considering that the film’s most blatant goal is to merely entertain.” (Read full review)
3.5 Jeff Vadillo (Roadman Adventures)
“Seasoned actors combined with an interesting & light-hearted story line are always a good mix.” (Read full review)
3.5 Maridol Rañoa-Bismark (Yahoo Philippines)
“Aga and Regine may have gained extra pounds since their last team-up in Pangako… Ikaw Lang 11 years back. But the chemistry has remained.” (Read full review)
3.5 Manuel Pangaruy (Tagailog Special)
“An all out formula movie with the main intention of providing ‘kilig’ for the audience. Though it did not succeed, I had the impression that the writer did a good job in researching for the characters given the limitation that Aga and Regine can no longer do a John Lloyd-Bea. The first part that introduces the pair in their respective worlds had me hooked. I’m not sure if it is the brisk editing or the effort in making it less Star Cinematic as possible. It doesn’t have the customary montage while the theme song is playing and it has no irritating chase scene in the end. Bb. Joyce Bernal must be mellowing.”
1.0 Philbert Dy (Click the City)
“It’s a tedious, unfocused mess that forces chemistry where none really exists. It doesn’t really work as a romance, or a comedy, or a drama, though it tries so hard to be all three.” (Read full review)
1.0 Skilty Labastilla (Young Critics Circle)
“Joyce Bernal is arguably the worst director working in Philippine mainstream cinema. The script is predictably mediocre but she makes it worse by making everything so broad and sloppy. You’ll never for a second believe that the two people will fall in love with each other that easily. Regine Velasquez performs like she’s acting for a thousand people in a coliseum making sure that every little gesture has to be seen and Aga Muhlach looks so ill at ease the whole time that he must have known he’s in a really bad movie he can’t get out of.”
Cast: Nico Antonio, Art Acuña, Nor Domingo, Jake Macapagal, Bangs Garcia, John Lapus, Wendy Valdez, Susan Africa, Philip Nolasco
Synopsis: Corruption is a process. Jestoni “Jess” Biag, early 20s, is a notorious snatcher victimizing people in bustling streets around Quiapo Church. As a routine, he steals wallets, gadgets and jewelries, which he will trade for a meager amount of peso—enough for him to survive and to support his family. Today, Jess will be captured by the police for snatching a cellphone of a call center agent, Ma. Grace Rosuello (Bangs Garcia). It’s his first time to undergo investigation. And as he goes in the process from Barangay Hall Clinic, Police Station to the Fiscal’s Office, we will witness how human rights violation bluntly executes, and how culture of corruption deviously perpetuates in this chain of institutions. In the end, despite the fact of proving Jess as guilty of committing theft, he will still get his freedom. But this freedom shackled him to a cycle upholding the predicament of his life.
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Reviews:
5.0 Rob San Miguel (The Chair)
“Matapang ang batikos ng Posas sa pulisya subalit ipinakita rin ang kakulangan nila sa sweldo at gamit. Hindi rin lubusang pinagtanggol ng pelikula ang mga mahihirap na kriminal.” (Read full review)
5.0 Lulu Pascual (PEP)
“Devoid of cinematic extravagance, Posas relies heavily on the story and its ensemble cast to connect and convey its message.” (Read full review)
5.0 Lyndon Maburaot (Table Stretcher)
“Fajardo does a commendable work here. He deliberately disappears into the material, confident that regardless of everything, the material is strong enough.” (Read full review)
5.0 Eric Cabahug (InterAksyon)
“Sure, it’s an unblinking look at corruption in the police force. But it’s surprisingly unsensationalistic. And quite entertaining.” (Read full review)
4.5 Apa Agbayani (Katipunan)
“Posas is a film with a gripping story that leaves you equal parts unsettled, amused and thoroughly satisfied by the time its harrowing final sequence plays out.” (Read full review)
4.5 Carlo Cielo (Cinephiles)
“Strong ng plotting. Yung mensahe matagal na nateng alam, pero yung devil ay nasa details. Law may be spearheading some of the first counter-Brillante Mendoza movies, it how it displays motivated temperance, instead of shallow ‘mood building’ and exploitive fatalism, with savvy and intelligence that is truly grounded, has real purpose and real aim. One thing people will have to realize is that the ’90s is over, heheh. Glad this won best picture at Director’s Showcase this year.”
4.5 Mark Angelo Ching (Pisara.me)
“The movie has a serious theme about corruption in the police force, but this is not presented in an in-your-face manner.” (Read full comment)
4.0 Skilty Labastilla (Young Critics Circle)
“An engaging police procedural that refreshingly avoids black and white portrayals of police officers. Sure, some scenes get a tad heavy-handed (that last shot, for instance, was totally unnecessary) but the film shows how police brutality, bureaucracy, and inefficiency are deeply entrenched without painting the pawns (i.e., cops) as totally evil. They can actually also be (gasp!) endearing human beings. I just wished the script pushed their humanity some more by adding scenes that depict them as family members or friends. But overall, this is another solid effort by Lawrence Fajardo, with excellent performances by the whole cast.”
4.0 Cathy Pena (Make Me Blush)
“Posas is buoyed by a consistently competent ensemble. The actors have somehow embraced realism, giving (the film) a sense of urgency.” (Read full review)
4.0 Nel Costales (1505 Film Avenue)
“From the arrest up to the eventual fate of Biag, the film is full of eye-opening legal details that only a person privy to criminal cases and police bureaucracy can provide.” (Read full review)
4.0 Macky Macarayan (Death of Traditional Cinema)
“With Posas, although the chase scene during the first half can be the only kinetic visual element per se, Fajardo makes do with the remainder of the film with his gut-wrenching and tightly-edited storytelling- thanks also to Zig Dulay’s satirical script.” (Read full review)
4.0 Fred Hawson (Fred Said: Movies)
“You will never want to walk the streets of Quiapo again after watching this film. ” (Read full review)
3.5 Carl Joseph Papa (Whatever, Carl)
“A well made, moderately intense but very satisfying crime thriller.” (Read full review)
3.0 Noli Manaig (Closely Watched Frames)
“The entrenched nature of this breeding ground for crime ought to be a chilling proposition but the treatment by Fajardo is sadly too impressionistic and epidermal. Instead of enlarging on his stories, he sometimes gets caught up in the improvisational skills brought in by his actors.” (Read full review)
3.0 Philbert Dy (Click the City)
“It works best when it savors the absurd details of life in the precinct, the pointless struggles of citizens seeking justice from an indifferent and cynical police force.” (Read full review)
3.0 Manuel Pangaruy (Tagailog Special)
“Wala naman akong makitang pangit o mali sa pagkakagawa. Hindi lang nito napukaw ang atensyon ko.” (Read full review)
3.0 Edwin Sallan (Cinephiles)
“Possibly the most tightly edited film in the series. Well-made and well acted but somehow still falls from expectations. Art Acuña, Bangs Garcia and Susan Africa are particularly superb. Nico Antonio shows promise but is not given much to do other than walk in handcuffs after he got caught.”
3.0 Jay-r Trinidad (Cinephiles)
“Hinanap ko yung oomph na binigay ng Amok. Instead, naging ordinary story na lang siya ng mga supposed na bida. Pero bilib ako sa realism na naibigay ng istorya, alam kong nangyayari yun at mabuti na lang may kwentong inihain sa atin. Natutuwa din ako na pinahiram ang mga lugar, tulad ng polisya, for art’s sake. At mahusay, para sa akin, ang pag-arte ni Nico Antonio.”
3.0 Archie del Mundo (Cinephiles)
“Art Acuña is superb. He gives off brilliant subtlety which the film’s material ironically is so deficient of.”
2.5 Oggs Cruz (Twitch)
“As a fictionalized exposé, it gets shackled by its narrative method, trapped within the term of the story, unable to break-out, to scream, to raise fists in fury.” (Read full review)
2.5 Nicol Latayan (Tit for Tat)
“The saving grace of the film was Acuña’s terrific acting as the head police officer, and John Lapus’ storyline as another victim, but it lacks the impact that will make the movie memorable enough once the credits roll.” (Read full review)
2.5 Nico Quejano (Cinephiles)
“Amok ruined this movie for me. I was waiting for the same intensity that the director has no intention of doing again. But I liked the detailed exposition in the first act, but stumbles with Susan Africa and never picked up from there. It flatlines, including the camera work which became lazy towards the end. Art Acuña, however, makes acting an art form.”
2.0 Don Jaucian (Pelikula Tumblr)
“The film relies too much on its exposé but never delves deeper into the depths of the moral bankruptcy it readily presents.” (Read full review)
2.0 Scud in Real Life
“It felt like I was getting a lecture on the processing involved when filing a case against a crime suspect.” (Read full review)
Synopsis: Ruby (Pokwang) was happily married to William (Gabby Concepcion). But she dies tragically on their 25th wedding anniversary. Ruby ends up in purgatory, where she is made to witness the plight of her family. Much to her surprise and dismay, William quickly falls in love with the beautiful Catherine (Ruffa Gutierrez), and in spite of his children’s objections, he immediately plans to get remarried. Ruby returns to Earth as a ghost with the intention of haunting her former husband and sabotaging his new marriage. (Click the City)
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Reviews:
3.0 CINEMA
“May saysay naman sana ang kwento subalit naging mababaw at pilit ang dating dahil sa mga pinakitang sitwasyon ng kababawan at di makabuluhang mga diyalogo.” (Read full review)
2.5 Mark Angelo Ching (PEP)
“All in all, The Mommy Returns is a good movie, but only when you consider its dramatic moments. It has a heart buried somewhere that can be inspiring to viewers who want to relate to its story about motherhood.” (Read full review)
1.5 Johanna Poblete (Business World)
“This movie does not offer anything new (horror comedy is a misnomer, it’s plain comedy) but sticks to the tried and tested and tired. It does not elevate the local movie industry.” (Read full review)
1.5 Cathy Peña (Make Me Blush)
“The Mommy Returns conspicuously underscores Lamangan’s fall into mediocrity and highlights all of his weaknesses. In fact, he has never done a movie this bad.” (Read full review)
1.0 Philbert Dy (Click the City)
“The film is a dreadful bore, lacking in jokes while pushing for false emotion as it stumbles through a boatload of hastily assembled drama.” (Read full review)
1.0 Reel Advice
“Situations and punchlines fail to eke out any laughter or even a whimper. Everything comes out flat and corny. This is the film that never found its comedic groove and you have to see it (if you dare) to believe it.” (Read full review)
1.0 Starmometer
“Hastily assembled and severely lacking in humor, The Mommy Returns is one of Joel Lamangan’s weakest outings ever.” (Read full review)
Cast: Billy Crawford, DJ Durano, John Lapus, Luis Manzano, Mart Escudero, Marvin Agustin
Synopsis: The movie follows the exploits of five friends: Albert (Luis Manzano), Isaac (Billy Crawford), Mozart (DJ Durano), Mike (Mart Escudero), and Aris (Marvin Agustin). The five are none too bright, and have been struggling to get out of high school for years. While trying to figure out how to help Mike pay for his schooling, the five wander into and inadvertently ruin the wedding of Becky Pamintuan (John Lapus). Incensed, Becky frames the moronic quintet for the murder of her father. The five spend some time in prison, before managing to escape. The five set out to clear their names, even if they don’t quite know how they’re going to do it. (Click the City)
Running time: 105 mins.
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Reviews:
2.5 Philbert Dy (Click the City)
“There are funny moments scattered here and there, and the actors give these roles a lot of flair. But in the end, it comes off as a bit unsatisfying.” (Read full review)
2.5 Pablo A. Tariman (Philippine Star)
“Moron 5 has its share of fun but towards the end, you get the impression that this was hastily put together to test a potentially promising box-office formula.” (Read full review)
2.5 Ria Limjap (Spot.ph)
“In this movie, jokes take an entire scene to set up and predictably, the punch lines—which take forever to deliver—are not always funny. There are farting-in-prison jokes, hokey costumes, celebrity cameos, and lots of slapstick.” (Read full review)
1.5 Cathy Pena (Make Me Blush)
“In what could be one of mainstream cinema’s silliest slapstick romp, Wenn Deramas’ Moron 5 and the Crying Lady succeeds to bring Pinoy comedy to lower depths of cinematic mediocrity.” (Read full review)
1.5 Mark Angelo Ching (PEP)
“Deramas relies on five actors whose fortes are not in comedy. The result is a hit-or-miss affair, comedy-wise, with some jokes falling flat because the actor delivering it was trying too hard.” (Read full review)
1.0 Taking a Break
“If you plan on watching the movie, prepare to suspend your disbelief. A lot. Heck, check in your brain at the package counter if you can. You’re not going to need it when you watch the film.” (Read full review)
1.0 Nicol Latayan (Back to the Frying Pan)
“In true Deramas fashion, this movie offered nothing new. Were there funny moments? Yes, there’s one that involves a monologue by John Lapuz near the end of the movie. Other than that, it is a chop suey of past scenes from different Deramas movies.” (Read full review)
Cast: Sarah Geronimo, Gerald Anderson, John Lapus, Martin del Rosario, Megan Young, Nina Dolino, Marlann Flores, Cheska Ortega, Young JV, Lui Villaruz, Jommy Teotico, Sam Concepcion and Joey de Leon.
Synopsis: The film’s story revolves around DJ Heidi, who gives love advice to radio listeners. Her advice mostly involves instigation for problematic couples to break up. On the process it somehow developed her into being a man-hater. But when Andrew came into her life, she eventually learned to forgive men and fell in love once again.
Running time: 110 mins.
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Reviews:
4.0 Ria Limjap (Spot.ph)
“The movie itself is funny, endearing, and cute. The director managed to use all the required elements of the Star Cinema Formula for Box Office Success (among others: popular theme song, big stars, and the happy ending with a public declaration of love—can you name more?) and made a perfectly good example of a mainstream romantic comedy without the glaringly bad habits of the genre.” (Read full review)
4.0 Forg Files
“Yes this is a your typical romcom where the leads end up together in the end but at least the journey to the resolution was an enjoyable ride and they actually had dimensions in the story. For one, it touched the complications of relationships, although the approach used was lightweight.” (Read full review)
3.75 Ian Urrutia (Pinoy Cinema Tumblr)
“It’s a charming display of populist fun at its loony best, one that isn’t afraid to lair the inner studio workings of a rom-com thrill while still reaping plenty of good, gracious moments in it.” (Read full review)
3.5 Oggs Cruz (Twitch)
“It is feel-good, fun, funny, and extremely charming, like most of what Star Cinema has been mindlessly producing the past several years. The film is undoubtedly a product of formula, and quite surprisingly, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.” (Read full review)
3.5 Philbert Dy (Click the City)
“It is a film that seems willing to acknowledge that relationships can be messy, and that people do get hurt and that it isn’t always easy to forgive. While the bad habits are still there, there is a charming core to the picture that seems truer than many of the things the mainstream has put out there.” (Read full review)
3.5 Abby Mendoza (PEP)
“Raz dela Torre’s film could have oh-so-melodramatically tackled the aforementioned heartbreak crisis… Instead, it does a favour to those who are in the process of healing by taking bitterness as a genuine emotion that only the failure of love can produce, and creating a feel-good, fresh, and hopeful narrative out of it.” (Read full review)
3.5 Nicol Latayan (Back to the Frying Pan)
“All in all, this is a good film. You already know what the ending will be like the moment you entered the cinemas, but it’s the journey on the way to the predicted conclusion that stood out here. Won’t Last a Day Without You is a nice, refreshing film that showed some potentials. If you see people not smiling when they came out of the cinema, then they weren’t able to experience love at one point in their lives.” (Read full review)
3.5 Carl Papa (Whatever, Carl)
“It was charming, uber cheesy, well made and decently acted. Sarah Geronimo is believable but it was as though she is on the verge of laughing every time. Gerald Anderson on the other hand gave a decent performance as well.” (Read full review)
3.5 Reel Advice
“Here’s the thing with Won’t Last A Day Without You – it’s not perfect and it’s not that be-all romcom film that changes the game. But what it dares to do differently works well enough to catapult the film into being better than most of the competition.” (Read full review)
3.5 Jowana Bueser (The Birth of Damnation)
“The latest Sarah-Gerald starrer is better than their first though I felt it lost its chance to provide insightful commentaries on the present relationship of radio and Filipino romance.” (Read full review)
3.0 Rolando Tolentino (Pinoy Weekly)
“Nagtatagumpay ang pelikula dahil may inaasahan sa manonood, ang tinatawag na ‘suspension of disbelief’ o ang pagpapaubaya sa operasyon ng pelikula (naratibo, special effects, acting at maging ang mismong panonood) na ito ay ‘tunay’ na realidad.” (Read full review)
3.0 Ihcahieh
“Same old, same old. The formula used is still that one they derived from Korean TV series: boy ignores girl, girl does something (in/directly) that gets her caught up in boy’s drama, boy chases girl.” (Read full review)
2.5 Rito Asilo (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
“Dela Torre tells a fast-paced yarn, flavored by the heady patter of the urban jungle he conjures up onscreen but the energy and excitement he cogently generates dissipate when logic flies out the window. Whatever point his movie is trying to make—about loving and taking second chances—is lost in the general muddle of an exposition that is more baffling than playfully boisterous.” (Read full review)
2.5 Cathy Peña (Make Me Blush)
“There is some fun to be had in Heidee and Andrew’s bickerings. But with a hokey premise, director Raz de la Torre’s narrative hangs like an overbearing shadow.” (Read full review)
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3.0 Don Jaucian (Pelikula Tumblr)
“Clumsily edited. Acting’s slightly awkward at times, some jokes are abruptly cut but goddamit it’s so kyeut. Anderson does a better job being a strapping young lad. Geronimo’s good, too! But I feel like this is more Anderson’s movie.”
3.0 Manuel Pangaruy (Taga-ilog Special)
“Satisfying naman ‘yung happy ending n’ya para sa isang rom-com. Ang requirement ko lang eh walang bida na humahabol sa kapartner n’ya sa dulo ‘before it’s too late’. Mahusay si Sarah rito lalo na r’un sa isang eksena (pang-Golden Screen, kumbaga). Promising din ‘yung bago at batang direktor.”
3.0 Nico Quejano (Cinephiles)
“The title and song have nothing to do with the movie. Mas maganda sana kung iba na lang title. Pero i think this is Sarah’s best and Gerald’s best. Nagustuhan ko.”
2.5 Jay-r Trinidad (Cinephiles)
“Mainam sana kung naging pulido pa ang editing ng pelikula. Maganda din ang pambungad na scenes. Bagay kay Sasa ang role. At syempre panalo ang pagiging rocker dad ni Joey De Leon. Kahit na gasgas na ang tema, I still liked the script. Bubblegum pop, yo.”
Cast: Marian Rivera, Heart Evangelista, Solenn Heusaff, Lovi Poe, Rufa Mae Quinto, John Lapus, Aljur Abrenica, Tom Rodriguez, Mikael Daez
Synopsis: Four beauty pageant contestants, who are vying for the coveted title of “Miss Manila Sunshine”, set sail on a yacht. They ended up stranded on a deserted island after their vessel got caught up on fire. Together with an attractive young man, a maid and the gay pageant director, the four ladies found life “anything but dull”.
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Reviews:
4.0 Ria Limjap (Spot.ph)
“Chris Martinez has the right touch by staying true to form but creatively reimagining portions of the movie for a current audience using language, pop culture reference, and cheeky visuals.” (Read full review)
4.0 Katrina Stuart Santiago (GMA News)
“But Temptation Island 2.0 is ultimately Martinez’s show, where while the tiniest details are fodder for laughter, it’s the bigger picture that works at making it funny and ludicruous and everything in between. It’s safe to say that Martinez got the spirit of the absurd and ridiculous here, the kind that Gosiengfiao had in the original. It’s also ultimately a tribute, as it is a measure of the present’s ability at the campy.” (Read full review)
3.5 Philbert Dy (Click the City)
“Temptation Island is still pretty fun when all is said and done, but it’s definitely inessential. While the film fully recreates the sublime absurdity of the original, it approaches it from an inferior perspective. The sincerity and purity of the original film simply cannot be recreated, and without those qualities, this version is doomed to be inferior.” (Read full review)
3.5 Rito Asilo (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
“While ‘tamer’ than its irreverent predecessor, Martinez’s faithful remake has a strong nostalgia factor going for it.” (Read full review)
3.5 Cathy Peña (Make Me Blush)
“Though this work isn’t as fun as its predecessor, Martinez rides his humble boat by carefully tweaking its story line into something as close to the original – in all its campy and artistic sensibilities.” (Read full review)
3.5 Jowanna Bueser (blogger)
“Temptation Island is not better than the original but nevertheless not a bad remake. He respects the material using it as a sacred text as he kept certain scenes and lines intact as possible.” (Read full review)
3.0 Earl Villanueva (PEP)
“Temptation Island 2011 certainly looks better, flows more smoothly and delivers the requisite glamour and wardrobe update. Some scenes were recreated frame-by-frame and lines delivered almost in sync with the original scenes. In fact, this remake is almost too faithful… It is obvious though that the 2011 update is a sanitized version of the original, probably to appeal to a broader audience.” (Read full review)
3.0 Ihcahieh
“Final verdict? See this one as a standalone film. If you intend to see the original, do that AFTER watching this one.” (Read full review)
2.5 Wilfred Cabrera (Me Likes Art)
“The remake is at its best when the absurdity kicks in. Its first hour, revolving around the creatively produced beauty pageant, might be considered a segue to the ridiculousness of the events onscreen, providing only a few laughs here and there, but when it approaches survival mode the audience finally experience the silliness of the original.” (Read full review)
2.5 Rob San Miguel (The Chair)
“Chris Martinez’s version is like a nice cover of a classic dance song. The production value may be better, the budget and cast bigger but some things cannot be replicated.” (Read full review)
2.5 Reel Advice
“Temptation Island, the 2011 remake, is like having a shiny new car minus any changes on its old interior/innards. It may look beautiful at first glance but screams mediocrity once you try to see what’s really running the car inside.” (Read full review)
2.5 Jonnah D. (Sisyphean Dreams)
“The acting of the men was just plain bad but that’s part of what made it funnier. From Abrenica’s pronunciations and syllabication, to the fight scenes – everything was so utterly fake and rehearsed, it was glorious to behold.” (Read full review)
2.0 Viewer Discretion
“The four main girls had big pantyhoses to fill, and sadly, nay, surprisingly, only Lovi Poe delivered, with her effortlessly dedma aura and imperturbable baritone.” (Read full review)
2.0 Pat Session
“But this being a remake of an ‘unintentionally funny’ film, every joke pulled is intentional and obvious. Perhaps, the performance is unintentionally genius and the joke is on us, and Aljur knew that the essence of his character is in the inside-jokey nature of the film. But who are we kidding.” (Read full review)
2.0 Carl Papa (Whatever, Carl)
“There were moments of sheer brilliance in this film, and that was only because the original (Joey Gosengfiao’s) was perfection. The rebooted parts were not as funny or even came close to how biting the original was. Those said, it was aptly entertaining, mildly funny.” (Read full review)
Verdict: Avoid at All Costs
January 3, 2013
SCL
