#Jowable

By the beginning of the third act, it's no secret what the story of #Jowable is trying to convey. Some may not gravitate towards its heart-on-its-sleeve approach, but I was personally carried by its sincerity.

The writing is very play-like, with scenes populated by jokey dialogue, and lively interactions. The story itself may lack development and depth for a couple of characters, but as a whole, its very confident in what it wants to say.

I highly recommend this for youth, especially teens. It contains important themes for a culture as love-obsessed as the Philippines'. Apart from references, I'd say even families could watch this and connect on the message afterwards.

Story of a 20 something girl asking God to give her a Jowa (Love Partner) coz she needs it and deserves it so much.

The world doesn't revolve on having a Jowa. The movie's plot is so lame.

Everything else is just full of cheap corny tricks to make you laugh.

Some of the acting is good that's why I gave it 4 stars (mostly).

The pacing of the movie was terrible. The characters were terribly annoying, unlikeable and unerelatable. The scenes were extremely drawn out, the comedy predictable and unfunny.

The sound editing was grating and badly mixed; The experience of having to listen to the constant bickering between the characters was akin to sitting out a storm under a rusted tin roof while razor blades rained down.

For a romcom movie, the constant and thoughtless use of jump cuts and voice overs make youtube videos look more than professional.

I have never seen a more terrible movie with a simple premise and message told in the worst way possible.

It was a battle not to leave the cinema outright.

Zero laughs from our group of 7.

The movie is all about "the new reality" of a solo parent in the perspective of the child. A coming of age movie that talks about relationship between the mother is keeps her mistake by providing all that she can to her child who is always looking for love. The movie quoted that we will find love in a package that maybe different from what we expected. If we just look closer the things that we always wanted is already in our life. Its just a matter of contentment. Looking for more will always leads in tragedy. The main actress executed her role very well with an amazing cast that provided a well deserved high approval.

Jowable by Darryl Yap aka the director and writer under the infamous Vincentiments: a group of young filmmakers who did tons of jaw breaking short films. They were very known with their wide shot cinematography and also because of some controversy about their insensitivity regarding their contents. To be honest at first I was really entertained by their short films but in the long run as they keep on doing the same formula over and over again, it is not effective for me anymore (in my perspective), so I was expecting that they will redeem themselves with this movie 'Jowable'. It's a catchy movie title, very trendy, trendsetter and I was interested when I've watched the trailer but I saw the movie, itself... I was disappointed, the story is lacking, the ending is too bad, lazy, forced and outdated, it was predictable. I didn't feel the character development of the main character at all, the jokes aren't landing, some of the actors performance were depicted in a bad way but kudos to the efforts, Kim Molina is a great actress and indeed talented but this is her down fall, the role doesn't suit her and really I just don't like the movie as a whole. I felt like I wasted my time watching. Congrats but good luck next time. not bad for a starter. I shouldn't expect that much. Anyways, it's just my opinion. Take it or leave it, the call is yours.