Starring: RItz Azul, Pepe Herrera
Director: Topel Lee
Genre: Sexy Comedy, Romance
The Hopeful Romantic tackles the story of two different people, Jess (Pepe Herrera) a 30-ish virgin who lives a simple life with his parents, he works as a chaffeur in Manila Hotel where he gets rewarded to be rich for four days after being a trustworthy employee, from their he meets Veronica (Ritz Azul) a gold digging escort who's also a "Bili mo ko" girl to her DOM's.
Jess fell in love with Veronica but they both do not know the real identity of each other as they end up being in a relationship that is uncertain, slowly their secrets unfold and everything turns around them. Will Jess and Veronica still ends up with each other?
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The movie is a classic comedy, it has a hint of sexiness and naughtiness as the movie features a more matured type of humor that is not that vulgar or offensive to the viewers and that style of comedy made it different to other comedy movies that we've seen, it is Sexy, Naughty, and Funny in moderation.
Aside from the type of humor they inserted, another thing that I liked about the movie is the fluidity and simplicity of the delivery of the story, they stayed on track with the 4 days and 3 nights story line to connect all the dots from how Jess met Veronica up until the moment they became together.
The movie is simple yes, but what made it special are the characters, Pepe and Ritz delivered such a great portrayal of the characters they were like a breath of fresh air on the big screen, adding to their already hilarious performance are the insertion of support casts such as Paeng Sudayan, Nikko Natividad, Vangie Labalan, Bodjie Pascual, and of course the most explosive of them all Beverly Salviejo who brought the cinema down to laughter in one of her scenes that you should watch out for.
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Over all the movie was good, comparing it to other comedy movie I've seen in the past I think this one has a story, the movie didn't looked "pilit" I actually loved how Pepe and Ritz effortlessly puts up their chemistry on the big screen, they looked perfect together.
And another thing don't compare Pepe Herrera to other comedians out there as he really has his own brand of comedy..
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Rating: 8/10
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