A Faraway Land

You just can't feel for the characters. Forced romance and pretty poor motivations for them. In fact, the main leads characters were acting pretty selfish and shows their poo moral values.

It's a familiar story set in an unfamiliar locale. The scenery is spectacular which is reminiscent of Batanes Islands. Alas, one can't say the same about the story. It lacks freshness as the theme, which looks into the life of Filipino workers abroad, has been tackled in earlier films like Dubai or Milan.

The actors try to breathe life into their roles but there's not much to inspire or to surprise the viewer. This is not say that they lack conviction because they are at ease with each other which helps in portraying their roles credibly.

It helps that the film introduces the viewer to bits and pieces of life in the Faroes like surprising delicacies such as fermented meat or garnatalg which is "fat from cheese and animal intestines" or the Faroese approach to child rearing or that "calamansi" is rare in those islands where only potatoes, turnip and rhubarb are grown. Or that there are Filipino ladies who're working there and are married to local men.

The film is not a travelogue but the viewer is tempted to see it more as one rather than a serious film.

Highlight of the film was the sceneries. But the movie itself, I will just give it a 3 star. A very predictable movie!

10 stars for the beautiful island but 0 star for the storyline and actors. At the very beginning, you can predict what's going to happen and it indeed happened in real life. Paolo leaving LJ.

It was annoying to watch how comfortable they are with each other as if they've known each other for a long time. The way they look at each other, their smiles and gestures just tell us that there's flirting and infidelity. Sigh....waste of time. Do not watch this.

It should've been only 1 star but I would like to give credits to Paolo's acting. Yen should do more acting workshops. And kuddos to another lady cast who's crying in a scene without tears and emotion. You made me laugh all night LMAO.