Heyaaaaa! :-) Its been a while since i last posted on my blog. I actually wanted to write about so many things. I have loads of ideas on my mind but i always end up not doing it. lol.. Well, lets just say im too pre-occupied with a lot of things lately. Anyway enough of my rants! Today i feel like scribbling my thoughts out. I just recently finished a local movie and the story kinda lingered to me so i decided to write a review about it.
I dont know about most of you but i love watching rom-com tagalog films especially if its from star cinema. Ofcourse, given that the trailer is promising and it shows something new, i would definitely watch it!
Well for that matter, i didn't find the trailer of "Four Sisters and a Wedding" so promising. I thought its just another feel good movie so im not really crazy about it, but now that i've seen it I'd say you cant really judge the movie by its trailer.
Synopsis:
The title itself speaks for the plot of the movie. Four sisters and a Wedding is a story about four sisters-- Teddy Salazar (Toni), Bobby Salazar (Bea), Alex Salazar(Angel), Gabby Salazar(Shaina), and their only one brother, the youngest in the brod CJ Salazar (Enchong) -- who is the one getting married.
The Salazar sisters are living different lives and live far away from each other until the news of their baby brother's wedding broke and suddenly all of them are back in each other's arms.
The Salazar girls however had a mutual dislike over their brother's fiance princess (Angeline Quinto) so they secretly connived and hatch a plan together to stop the wedding of their brother. As they all struggle to keep the wedding at bay, personal conflicts between siblings arises, emotional baggages from the past re-surfaced and even their deepest secrets were unraveled.
What i like about the movie:
I thought the characters are well written. They are given ample time to be recognize and identified. Each of the four sisters had a very unique qualities to them. Teddy (Toni) is the funny one. Bobby (Bea) is the cold-hearted and intelligent one. Alex (Angel) is the more laidback kinda girl who loves adventure, and Gabby (Shaina) is the motherly-caring one. I just love how their characters are written. It's not hard to relate yourself to one of them. Personally, i could relate to Alex. I guess my personality is more on her side. (I have 3 other sisters too btw! :-P) Their confrontational scenes towards the end of the movie was really good. Hmmm.. Okay! I did cry. Coudnt help it.
Another thing I love about the movie is: the conflict between the characters.
Teddy keeping her "dirty little secret" from the entire family. Pretending to be BIG in Spain, while the truth is she's juggling two jobs at the same time to support her needs as well as her family's.
Bobby is on the top of her game as a career woman working in New York, but failing on other things like building a good relationship with her BF's daughter, and dismissing her fear of marriage and life long commitments.
Alex happens to fall in-love with Bobby's former boyfriend. Imagine all the tension between her and Bobby everytime they'd bump to each other. She is struggling to keep a job as an assistant director (her career isn't that stable) She is also considered to be the blacksheep of the family and the least intelligent among the four.
Gabby-well, her character is the safest one. She is always neutral, the one who keeps peace between her sisters. She is considered the old-maid as she never had a boyfriend since birth i guess.
CJ- poor little baby of the family. His sudden marriage targeted by his own sisters but i love how he stood up in the end.
One more thing is: the supporting characters.
- Carmi Martin is really something in this movie! She was so so funny and her character as princess's mom brought more life and humor to the story. I especially like her trying hard french accent. Oh boy! she does it really well.
- Janus del Prado is another plus factor. He is effortlessly funny playing the pretend boyfriend of Teddy.
- "Toti Marie" (i dont know her real name) is great as well,playing the nanny and all around girl/lesbian in the Salazar household.
- Ms. Coney Reyes--no questions asked. She is always great especially playing mother roles. This movie is no exception.
other characters are: Sam Milby, Buboy Garubillo, Joy Viado, Bernard Palanca.. to name a few!
What i didn't like about the movie:
I thought the movie was really good but ofcourse, we cant say that it was flawless perfect. NO.
Example, i didnt like some scenes where they push it to be SO FUNNY when it doesn't really needed.
And i honestly dont like Gabby's character that much. I think because she is not given enough spotlight like the other 3 characters so she didn't shine nor stand out.
OVERALL RATING: Great family movie. Good casts. Heartwarming story. PASOK SA JAR!!! :-)
4 out of 5 stars :-) :-) :-) :-)
