MR. AND MRS. CRUZ
Year of Release: 2018
Date Watched: 25 January 2018
JR's Rating:
(9.4 out of 10, Excellent)
Date Watched: 25 January 2018
JR's Rating:
(9.4 out of 10, Excellent)
"Not Married, Just The Same Last Name"
POSITIVES
➕ Seriously, ALL DIALOGUES
➕ The Beautiful Island of Palawan ➕ Super Painful Ending ➕ "Seaside Resto Bar" Scene ➕ "Waiting At The Airport" Scene ➕ "Puerto Prinsesa Subterranean River" Scene |
NEGATIVES
➖ Gut-Churning Vomit Scene
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Mr. and Mrs. Cruz invests so much on their characters' dialogues that it remains the best feature of the film. In fact, it is a masterclass in movie dialogue. Mr. Rafael Cruz and Mrs. Angela Cruz, just related by their common last names (not married), are on a vacation to Palawan to relieve all pain and stress caused by their failed relationships. Mr. and Mrs. Cruz come to meet each other unexpectedly to engage themselves with conversations about anything under the sun, all of which creating a bond that would make you assume they are a couple (usapang mag-asawa) but in the end, they almost did. I'm just in awe by how amazing the dialogue between or among Raffy and Gela was throughout the duration of the movie. The most notable ones include their argument about marriage before setting foot in their hotel and another where they discuss their own individual relationships at a resto bar where they drink Tequila like there's no tomorrow. Set in the most beautiful island of Palawan, the movie made me experience the majestic Underground River in the most poetic of ways. The movie made me want to go there, wish and raise my thumbs hoping for a love story that almost looks like the couple in the movie. I hated the movie for how they made me want Raffy and Gela to end up with each other but just failed me by the most unexpected saddest separation ways ever (but that's a good thing, I love films with unexpected sad endings). The movie started on an astounding note by showing a scene that happened midway in the story. It continues very well on a phone call scene at the airport where it seems that they are talking to one another. I seem to compare this movie with the story of Siargao but Mr. and Mrs. Cruz still manage to rely more on what's going on inside the minds of the characters than what's happening between them. The scene involving Gela's vomiting was, however, gut-churning and seems for me would have been better out of the film. All-in-all, the film is almost a masterpiece that I really rooted and anticipated all dialogues between the main characters. Rare do I find a film that all its dialogues are amazing and where an ending makes me feel so sad and hurt even outside the movie theater. I bet the last two missing numbers in Gela's cellphone number is the page number where Gela placed half of their photo of Raffy together.
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Image Reference: Mr. and Mrs. Cruz Facebook Page
Time Published: 26 January 2018 (8:00 PM)
(8.0 out of 10, Awesome)
