Love You to the Stars and Back

One of the best film I've ever watched. The emotion is real plus all the characters are perfect. I recommend it to everybody. You will like the story because it's happening in real life, just take a journey of your life to make it happen. This movie will make you laugh and cry. The most important lesson here is to love, love without limitation. That's it.

I hadn't heard about the 2017 Filipino movie "Love You to the Stars and Back" before now in 2022, as I happened to stumble upon it by random chance. And seeing the cover, I thought it was just another run-of-the-mill romantic comedy that The Philippine cinema tends to spew out by the dozens. However, as I hadn't already seen the movie, of course I opted to give it a chance.

Writer and director Antoinette Jadaone really surprised me with this movie. Sure, the movie starts out like any other generic romantic comedy, but then the storyline starts to develop and this movie went from being just mediocre to downright amazing in a short time. I was so amazed with the storyline concocted and brought to the screen by Antoinette Jadaone, it is such a display of creative talent and a knack for writing something truly heartfelt and emotional.

Now, I am not overly familiar with the Filipino cinema, but have seen a handful or two of movies therefrom, but I have to admit that "Love You to the Stars and Back" is without a doubt the best and most outstanding of movies I have seen come from the Filipino cinema. I am so happy that I opted to sit down and watch "Love You to the Stars and Back", because it really is a heartfelt story and such a memorable movie.

Needless to say that I am not familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie, given my limited familiarity with the Filipino cinema, but leading actor Joshua Garcia and leading actress Julia Barretto put on such powerhouse performances that it has to be experienced. I was really impressed with their performances on the screen, both together and individually. They really took the well-written script from Antoinette Jadaone and made it their movie.

"Love You to the Stars and Back" is a movie that you simply have to watch. This is such a beautiful movie that it is more than well-worth taking the time and effort to watch. This movie is the type of movie that will get under the skin and stick with you for a long, long time - and I mean that in a positive way, of course.

My rating of "Love You to the Stars and Back" lands on a well-deserved eight out of ten stars.

Caloy ( Joshua Garcia) and Mika ( Julia Baretto) met by chance while Mika is escaping from her family problem. Caloy is battling a cancer and is set to meet his dad and the two embarked on a joyride together.

Perhaps inspired by "Fault in Our Stars", the pair continues to show chemistry in the screen, but alas, the story is predictable and no way that this is a 10, but neither is it a 1.

All the cringy ingredients are here, boy meet girl , the conflict and the make up, plus the "talk with the parent" scene. Still enjoyable to watch especially for fans. Vince, Kath and James maybe a better alternative.

LYSB is one of Joshlia's Best because of it's cinematography. Joshua Garcia steals the show because he makes audience cry for his performance and Julia Barretto acted well as Mika. If you like Vince, Kath & James, you will surely love this movie.

Stumbled upon this movie on Netflix by chance and I couldn't be more grateful.

The movie made me laugh and then cry in a lot of places.

It was an emotional roller-coaster and it touches us in the right spots.

The story even though might be a tried and tested storyline, Julia and Joshs' acting brought the movie to a whole new level.

This movie will remain different from the other's of the same story line only because of them.

I am an Indian and my level of respect for Filipino actors have gone 100× higher because of them.

Treasure them because they are gonna change the face of the Philippines TV/film industry.