Esoterica: Manila
6.5
2014
1 hr 39 min
Drama
Drawing from his personal adventures, film director, Elwood Perez veers away from standard-issue plot conventions in this paradoxically moral tale of a young man en route to becoming a creative artist.
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- Cast:
- Boots Anson-Roa , Vince Tañada , Snooky Serna , Khavn
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Reviews
As Good As It Gets
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In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
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The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
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This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
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