#Jowable

Nothing remotely funny. Bad cinematography and poor production. 1st ever movie I ever walked out

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 I was disappointed, the story is lacking, the ending is too bad, lazy, forced and outdated, it was predictable.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.

I probably have not seen any movie that I can relate to at full extent. The movie showcasing the struggles of those who aren't "not-so-jowable", the defense mechanism whenever people start questioning you and the questions you have for yourself were there and I honestly appreciate every seconds of it including the message and the consequence if you are going to push and force your luck that much. However I don't like the movie's humor that much and I don't like Kim Molina's character that much -most of the time it's cringey.

For a Filipino movie this one is not predictable and I would say it's okay-ish. You just gotta have to lower your expectation if you're going to watch it.

This film clearly had it's potential I must say but it never failed to do 3 annoying flaws throughout the entire run.

• Jokes and lines are genuine and funny but it overstayed it's welcome too much.
• Lazy cutting. There are too many scenes where a audience is staring at this angle and for no good reason, there is a jump cut. Clearly, the cut is there because the actress/actor forgot the line.

-Extras act weirdly as if they are in a stage. This takes away the realism and reminds the audience that what's happening is just fiction.

Apart from the 3 flaws mentioned above, I had an issue with the Acts. Act 1 drags through the entire half of the runtime. It used up the entire half of the film to establish the character through repetitive jokes. There is no interesing incident that happens to the main character to push the plot to the next Act making this film looked like a 2 act story only. What's worse is that when we finally reach that interesting incident for the main character, all of a sudden the events keeps coming in rushed.

I have seen short films from the director and this film doesn't reflect the quality of those shorts.