Movie Review: Working Girls
I went to the Noy-Mar volunteer thingy and my gosh, it was so exhausting. Though it was tiring, it was fun nonetheless. There will be another sortie later, April 23 at 5pm. This time around, the rally will be in front of the Ateneo. You may contact Leander at 0905-274-5092 for more details.
After the sortie, I decided to catch the last full show of Working Girls. Hence this movie review of Working Girls.
Working Girls is a comedy directed by Joey Reyes, and is co-produced by Viva Films, GMA Films, and Unitel Productions. Working Girls, a sequel to Ishmael Bernal’s movie of the same title, stars Eugene Domingo, Cristine Reyes, Jennylyn Mercado, Bianca King, Ruffa Gutierrez, Iza Calzado, and Eula Valdez.
I love how Direk Joey Reyes was able to find a link among the main characters of the movie. Eula Valdez is a cosmetic surgeon. She had received criticisms from a women’s right activist whom Bianca King had a feature on. Bianca’s grandfather was the deceased husband of Ruffa Gutierrez, a social climbing ex-beauty queen. Ruffa Gutierrez acquired the legal services of a lawyer who had a fling with Cristine Reyes, a promo girl. Cristine exclusively dated a guy who is the officemate of Jennylyn Mercado. Jennylyn is cousins with Iza Calzado. Iza’s supervising physician in the hospital is the husband of Eula Valdez. I sort of forgot how Eugene fits in the picture. Should you know, please write a comment.
Eula Valdez’ acting was superb as usual though her role was not that striking. I love how she plays the role of a cosmetic surgeon. It was quite refreshing. I also love her flair for sarcasm.
Ruffa Gutierrez was excellent in this movie. Though I had reservations in the past about her hosting, I must admit Ruffa hit this on the head. I wish to take back all the negative things I have said about Ruffa. She was very natural in portraying an ex-beuaty queen who married for convenience. It was so real. It was as if I was seeing the scene first hand. In this movie, Ruffa was the epitome of pea-brained beauty queens who prey on rich men. I just had a problem on how she tells her mother to shut up. It sounded very natural.
Bianca King’s role was also sort of realistic. She plays the role of a newbie segment producer. Bianca, in real life, is studying multimedia arts in Benilde, not in Berkely though as was portrayed in the movie.
Cristine Reyes was a natural. She was very good on her role. Though her exposure was very limited, one can immediately notice her superb acting. I guess she could win an acting award for this movie.
Jennylyn Mercado plays a single mother who works in a call center. We all know that Jen gave birth to a baby boy out of wedlock. She was good in portraying such role.
Iza Calzado perhaps is the least comedic of all the cast members. She was in her element. She could also win an acting award for this one. Her role sort of gave balance to the movie.
Lastly, Eugene Domingo was the hands-down winner. She had the best exposure and everything practically revolved around her despite her non-connection to the rest of the cast. She could win best actress for this one. No one can ever beat her comedic timing.
I would like to congratulate Direk Joey for a well-crafted film. Working Girls is a mixture of comedy and a little bit of drama with a cupful of social relevance. Working Girls is aesthetically appealing and yet, Direk Joey did not fail to incorporate its relevance to our society. Direk Joey was able to present normally taboo issues in a very light way. There are lots of lessons to learn in this movie.
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One Comment
i know how eugene fits in the story. Its not as direct as the other 6 girls though. i worked on this film and the audience was supposed to see a scene where eugene and cristine’s houses are nearly directly in front of each other. there was also one where cristine and her roommate were supposed to hear eugene shouting. Sadly, due to time constraints, these scenes were edited out. if you pay close attention to the scene where eugene haggles to be taken to the hospital, you’ll notice the same red gate cristine’s character lives in. there you go! in reality, the film is better if there were no time constraints. A lot has been left in the editing room floor