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Movie Review: You Got Me, Really Got Me!
Review by Love Dela Cruz
The fans of Sam Milby and Toni Gonzaga will probably share the same sentiments about this film–It got me!
After their first endeavor together, Sam and Toni has proven that, they are a box office tandem. In this latest picture produced by Star Cinema, we see another romantic comedy that can make a non-believer convert his or her ways. I want to start off with the positive side of this movie, like I said fans of Toni and Sam will probably love me when I say, “It was worth my one hundred pesos.”
Toni was simply amazing as she play a police officer, being surrounded by policemen and petty thieves she became a hard knocked woman who was too busy fighting crime and at the same time forgetting about what all women want–love. To her fans I have to agree with you, she was funny!
I personally loved her dialogues about pet names; it was truly a revelation for those who fancies being called honey or anything that resembles a sweet concoction for that matter. Her lines were well delivered and her acting was seemingly flawless, it was like the part was written for her
Sam Milby aka Kevin (in the movie) on the other hand, needs to work more on his Tagalog, who would believe an English speaking pinoy police working in a rotten precinct. Don’t get me wrong I love Sam in his soap Maging Sino ka Man, but I believe Sam is better off playing rich hacienderos rather that a policeman earning less than the minimum wage.
To the Sam fans club out there, don’t fret Sam has his moments. First of he played the geeky, “torpe” character pretty well, although I really hate the stereotyped look with the black glasses and gel hair do.
Zanjoe Marudo was exceptionally good in playing the criminal who’s heart was stolen by the pretty police officer. You could actually see the impoverish upbringing in the way he courted Toni’s character. It was abrupt and truly annoying, and Zanjoe delivered it. In terms of the drama angle, surprisingly enough this guy truly was dramatic. I won’t go into the gory details but all I can say was his performance was really surprising for a new comer who used to live in the house of Kuya–Pinoy Big Brother.
The Story
Written by Raz de la Torre & Francis Lua and Directed by Cathy Garcia-Molina, the You Got Me reminds me of the Chinese movie Lovestruck with a zest of Pinoy culture.
As I watch the movie you can actually predict the next sequence of events. In terms of story, it’s meant to be watched by the fans of the main actors because the story is entirely focused on them.
But all in all the movie wasn’t a disappointment, I categorize this as a fan target movie, if you are not a fan of either Toni, Sam or Zanjoe surely this movie ain’t worth it!
Catch You Got Me in theaters near you, for those abroad catch it on DVD.
28 Mar 2007 Love Dela Cruz 0 comments
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