Dahling Nick
7.2
2015
2 hr 58 min
Drama
, Documentary
The story of Nick Joaquin, who only accepted the National Artist Award on the condition that the Marcos administration release a well-known writer who was being unjustly detained during Martial Law.
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- Cast:
- Raymond Bagatsing , Alessandra de Rossi , Maria Isabel Lopez , Ping Medina , Che Ramos , Gabby Padilla , Adrian Cabido
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Reviews
Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .
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It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
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Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
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Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
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