Review: Unexpectedly Yours

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