Unexpectedly
Yours
Director:
Cathy Garcia-Molina
Starring:
Sharon Cuneta, Joshua Garcia, Julia Barretto, and Robin Padilla
Genre:
Romance, Comedy
Unexpectedly
Yours tackles the story of Patty (Cuneta) a menopausal 50 year old Marketing
Head who’s struggling to keep her Family intact and her work progress up and
Cocoy (Padilla) a Seaman who is still a bachelor at 50 because he devotes
himself in helping his family.
Patty and Cocoy reunites in the most unexpected
way and unknowingly for Patty that Cocoy was a former batchmate from way back
in high school. Their reunion didn’t went nice as Patty became irate over Cocoy’s
being too cocky and her still stuck on her failed marriage, but unexpectedly
Patty found a company in Cocoy and eventually grew to more than just friends.
The movie
might be a common rom-com movie of Cathy Garcia-Molina, but what separates Unexpectedly
Yours from the rest of the rom com movie is that the love story revolves around
two people that are at their 50’s which I believe is a rare material for a rom
com movie since I guess we are used to seeing the younger generation play those
cheesy characters.
I expected
this movie to be good and I am not disappointed, I liked it so much coz it is
just light, the drama is there, the comic relief is there also, and of course
the “kilig”, who would’ve have thought after so many years Sharon Cuneta and
Robin Padilla can make even the younger generation “kilig” over their sweet
moments in the movie.
Though the
movie was good for me, I just felt that there are scenes in the movie that were
already unnecessary and a bit awkward.
Over all the story was good, it was light, it
was fun, and it is always a joy to watch a Cathy Garcia Molina Rom-Com.
Sharon
Cuneta delivers exceptional performance, who would’ve thought that at 50 she
still can dare to bare and still can connect to the audience form the new
generation. She made us laugh and she made us cry in this movie and I guess
this is one of her best movie that I’ve seen, it feels like this is Sharon
Cuneta Unfiltered.
Robin
Padilla is really a joy to watch, especially when it comes to comedy though he
was tagged as bad boy of Philippine showbiz, he is one of those leading men
that you will enjoy to see on the big screen. I just love how natural the way
he and Sharon played their roles, the romantic excitement feels so real that I
myself couldn’t help it.
Joshua
Garcia and Julia Barretto despite having minimal exposure in this movie they
made sure that it will be a remarkable one. Their contrasting characters like
Yanni being the grumpy and rebellious daughter of Patty and Jason being the
silly and happy go lucky niece to Cocoy, their characters were able to leave a
mark in every scene.
There’s this confrontation scene between Julia
and Sharon that was really good and I appreciated Julia’s acting prowess going
against the megastar. Meanwhile, Joshua’s character here is lighter compared to
his past role, he was able to adapt to that lovable character of Jason and I must
really say he is one of the best actors of his generation.
Over All,
Unexpectedly Yours is worthy of your time, money, and effort. It’ll give you
different feels from kilig to comedy to drama.
Rating:
9/10
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