Kris Aquino is back on the big screen after a 3 year hiatus and pairs with onscreen partner Joshua Garcia and Julia Baretto in Star Cinema's latest offering "I Love You Hater." The movie is expected to redeem Kris Aquino's status as a box-office star since her last two movies "All You Need is Pag-ibig" and "Etiquette for Mistresses" didn't fare well at the box-office.
Kris plays Sasha Imperial, a former broadcast journalist who successfully embarked a career into digital content production. In the movie, Joshua Garcia and Julia Baretto find themselves as rivals hoping to get the attention of their CEO played by Aquino. The plot looks good for a romantic comedy in a millennial setting; Joshua disguises himself as a gay man to keep his job in a back office saturated by gays. Kris was effortless in portraying her role as a budding social media mogul as it is so close to her real life persona. The side plots are interesting enough to make the movie more engaging but I guess the screenplay and pacing didn't seem to click with the audience. John Estrada plays Kris Aquino's ex but sorry they have no chemistry enough to create "kilig" to the audience. It would have been okay if they had Dieter Ocampo or another actor play the role. I am not sure if this is just my opinion or what...but I guess if the movie was directed by another director say Cathy Garcia Molina, it might have been different. The cinematography is impressive though; the drone shots showing overview of the metropolis are awesome.
The movie reportedly gross P5.5 million on its opening day. For a local movie to gross for P5.5M on opening day isn't that bad but since this is a Kris Aquino movie, expectations were high considering that it also stars two of the most popular young stars today, Joshua Garcia and Julia Baretto. Surprisingly, there weren't much millenials among the audience, instead I saw a lot of people in their' 30's, 40's and 50's. I watched the movie on the second day of showing at Mega Mall. The movie is still worth watching anyway and might catch up at the box-office in the weeks to come.
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