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REVIEW | Walang Forever (2015)
WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS
Screenwriter Mia Nolasco (Jennylyn Mercado) is the Nancy Meyers of Philippine cinema. And she has a big problem—a dry spell. No love life, no pain, no nothing, and so she is unable to write a follow-up to her previous big-screen romantic-comedy successes.
Her producers, naturally, are disappointed with her creative impotence and threaten to fire her if she cannot save her poorly written script. But the arrival of her ex-boyfriend, Ethan (Jericho Rosales), just might save Mia’s career at the last minute.
Penned by Paul Sta. Ana (My Husband’s Lover), with additional lines by Antoinette Jadaone (That Thing Called Tadhana), and directed by Dan Villegas (English Only, Please), Walang Forever has an appealing concept but fumbles through its execution. Like the sentiments of Mia’s producers, the film evokes a sense of struggle in the script-writing process, with illogical details, less effective storytelling techniques, a rough flow, and also lacks emotional build-…
Screenwriter Mia Nolasco (Jennylyn Mercado) is the Nancy Meyers of Philippine cinema. And she has a big problem—a dry spell. No love life, no pain, no nothing, and so she is unable to write a follow-up to her previous big-screen romantic-comedy successes.
Her producers, naturally, are disappointed with her creative impotence and threaten to fire her if she cannot save her poorly written script. But the arrival of her ex-boyfriend, Ethan (Jericho Rosales), just might save Mia’s career at the last minute.
Penned by Paul Sta. Ana (My Husband’s Lover), with additional lines by Antoinette Jadaone (That Thing Called Tadhana), and directed by Dan Villegas (English Only, Please), Walang Forever has an appealing concept but fumbles through its execution. Like the sentiments of Mia’s producers, the film evokes a sense of struggle in the script-writing process, with illogical details, less effective storytelling techniques, a rough flow, and also lacks emotional build-…
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