Last Fool Show

"Last Fool Show" has a promising start when Mayessa (Arci Muñoz), an independent filmmaker, gets the opportunity to direct a film for a major studio. She wants to make dark, highly original films, but the studio wants her to make a rom com. Mayessa reluctantly agrees because it will give her the opportunity to pay back her family and the other investors of her previous films. Unfortunately for Mayessa, the compromises do not end there as the studio keeps pushing her to make her film more "commercial." These compromises are all the more painful for Mayessa because the story she has chosen to do is based on her failed romance.

While some of the details are different, the plot of "Last Fool Show" is very familiar. The writer/director Eduardo W. Roy, Jr. keeps things very light with a few melodramatic elements thrown in. There's nothing particularly fresh or groundbreaking here, but this film isn't any worse than the typical Hollywood programmer released during the Spring before the Summer blockbusters come out. Outside of a few F-bombs (poorly concealed in often unnecessary subtitles), a little bathroom humor and a parade of half-naked men, this could almost pass as family entertainment. While a good chunk of the dialog is in Tagalog, there's enough English in the film, where you wonder why so much of it is subtitled. Overall, "Last Fool Show" is a bit overlong comedy that offers an attractive cast, appealing locations and a chuckle or two. As long as you keep your expectations in check, you might find it mildly diverting or even entertaining.

Somewhere in there, the lead male says he hates Filipino movies. He must have seen this one.

Normally, the films I have seen from that area of the world are harmless but enjoyable. Not this one. Grating, from beginning to end. Every line is obvious, and everyone... and I do mean EVERYONE... overacts. Somewhere along the line, they must have confused silly with yelling, because everyone does plenty of both.

Turn down the volume, learn some subtlety, and avoid this "film" at any cost.