I just recently watched the movie "No other woman" which stars Anne Curtis, Derek Ramsay and Christine Reyes. Since the movie had been talked of the town and became the highest grossing film of all time, just like everyone, I was curious about it.
At first, I am reluctant to watch the movie because I admit I enjoy foreign films rather than filipino films. All the movies are the same, with the same plot, same stories, same actors and actresses and same ending.
For this movie, all I can say is that this is not what I expected it to be. Since it became the highest grossing film of all time, I expect it to have an exceptional plot, intriguing story and a big bang ending. But "No other woman" fails me. Why? Maybe because I already know the ending before I watched the movie. I know that the wife will prevail in the end and the mistress will give way. But for the most part, I enjoyed the witty lines especially those uttered by Carmi Martin. I would say that when you get out from the cinema and continue your life, you will forget the movie but you will remember Carmi's words. The scene with her daughter crying when she learned that her husband was cheating on her, and her advice is phenomenal. She told her daughter Sharmaine (played by Christine Reyes).." “Ang mundo ay isang malaking Quiapo, maraming snatcher, maagawan ka, lumaban ka!" (The world is a big Quiapo, there's a lot of snatcher, someone will snatch something from you, fight back!). By using Quiapo, a place that is renowned for snatching and other petty crimes and comparing it to loving someone and fighting for your love is some other woman ruined that relationship is really unique. And I guess that's what the movie had a lot while it lacks in plot.
Another good quality of the movie is the characterization of the main characters. The other woman is portrayed as someone rich, beautiful and intelligent. The wife as someone who is a trophy wife, a good catch, simple, loving and also rich, intelligent and beautiful. The husband is portrayed as someone who is good looking, had a hot body and someone who is a smooth talker.
But these characterization is an anti-thesis of the common mistress, either a materialistic young woman who needs money to support her family and lifestyle, a woman who has self pity and believes in a narrow view that a married man will chose her over his wife or a naive woman who genuinely doesn't know that his boyfriend is a married man. The common wife who is just a shadow of his husband and doesn't have a career, although in this movie, I think this was tackled especially on the bikini confrontation scene in the pool between the wife and the other woman on which Kara (other woman) said to the wife " You may call me a snake, a bitch or other woman but you can never call me a pathetic, boring housewife". But nevertheless, the characterization on the movie is good. It genuinely gives the characters a humane existence. That being an other woman is not only limited to those women who are lacking in something but even to those who seems to have everything. That the wife being cheated by their husbands are not only limited to those who are "losyang" but also to those who seems to be a perfect wife. And cheating husbands are not limited to those who are players but even to those who seems loyal to their wives.
And again, that was the strength of the movie, not the story, not the plot nor the cinematography ( I feel asleep during the middle of the movie) and not even the cliche ending. Although I could also commend the performance of the actors especially Anne Curtis who really stand out as the other woman. She owned her role and again, we see her in a character that she played best. A bitch and a classy one at that. Not the kampanerang kuba who is maltreated or a poor girl who is really an heiress. I remembered her best character in the televesion as Celine in "Maging sino ka man". Her memorable lines being " I maybe a slut but I am the best slut in town". I love that and I hope she had projects like these which can really showcase her strength as an actress. Christine and Derek had an ok performance. Not outstanding but can believable because their characters had spoken for themselves and not them as actors.
Will I recommend this movie to my friends, yes of course. Here I even found a link to watch it in the internet. Happy viewing. http://www.newpinoymovies.com/
At first, I am reluctant to watch the movie because I admit I enjoy foreign films rather than filipino films. All the movies are the same, with the same plot, same stories, same actors and actresses and same ending.
For this movie, all I can say is that this is not what I expected it to be. Since it became the highest grossing film of all time, I expect it to have an exceptional plot, intriguing story and a big bang ending. But "No other woman" fails me. Why? Maybe because I already know the ending before I watched the movie. I know that the wife will prevail in the end and the mistress will give way. But for the most part, I enjoyed the witty lines especially those uttered by Carmi Martin. I would say that when you get out from the cinema and continue your life, you will forget the movie but you will remember Carmi's words. The scene with her daughter crying when she learned that her husband was cheating on her, and her advice is phenomenal. She told her daughter Sharmaine (played by Christine Reyes).." “Ang mundo ay isang malaking Quiapo, maraming snatcher, maagawan ka, lumaban ka!" (The world is a big Quiapo, there's a lot of snatcher, someone will snatch something from you, fight back!). By using Quiapo, a place that is renowned for snatching and other petty crimes and comparing it to loving someone and fighting for your love is some other woman ruined that relationship is really unique. And I guess that's what the movie had a lot while it lacks in plot.
Another good quality of the movie is the characterization of the main characters. The other woman is portrayed as someone rich, beautiful and intelligent. The wife as someone who is a trophy wife, a good catch, simple, loving and also rich, intelligent and beautiful. The husband is portrayed as someone who is good looking, had a hot body and someone who is a smooth talker.
But these characterization is an anti-thesis of the common mistress, either a materialistic young woman who needs money to support her family and lifestyle, a woman who has self pity and believes in a narrow view that a married man will chose her over his wife or a naive woman who genuinely doesn't know that his boyfriend is a married man. The common wife who is just a shadow of his husband and doesn't have a career, although in this movie, I think this was tackled especially on the bikini confrontation scene in the pool between the wife and the other woman on which Kara (other woman) said to the wife " You may call me a snake, a bitch or other woman but you can never call me a pathetic, boring housewife". But nevertheless, the characterization on the movie is good. It genuinely gives the characters a humane existence. That being an other woman is not only limited to those women who are lacking in something but even to those who seems to have everything. That the wife being cheated by their husbands are not only limited to those who are "losyang" but also to those who seems to be a perfect wife. And cheating husbands are not limited to those who are players but even to those who seems loyal to their wives.
And again, that was the strength of the movie, not the story, not the plot nor the cinematography ( I feel asleep during the middle of the movie) and not even the cliche ending. Although I could also commend the performance of the actors especially Anne Curtis who really stand out as the other woman. She owned her role and again, we see her in a character that she played best. A bitch and a classy one at that. Not the kampanerang kuba who is maltreated or a poor girl who is really an heiress. I remembered her best character in the televesion as Celine in "Maging sino ka man". Her memorable lines being " I maybe a slut but I am the best slut in town". I love that and I hope she had projects like these which can really showcase her strength as an actress. Christine and Derek had an ok performance. Not outstanding but can believable because their characters had spoken for themselves and not them as actors.
Will I recommend this movie to my friends, yes of course. Here I even found a link to watch it in the internet. Happy viewing. http://www.newpinoymovies.com/
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