4 Philippine Showbiz Today
December 8 - 21, 2018
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Three Words To Forever earns P6.5 million
box office opening-day gross
Lower your eyebrows now. It
has been a week since the much-
ballyhooed flick reteaming former
sweethearts Richard Gomez and
Sharon Cuneta has been released
in cinemas across the archipelago
and some cities offshore.
Three Words to Forever, a
Star Cinema gamble on a love
team that never was, raked in
P6.5 million at the box office when
it opened on Nov. 28. Not much
compared to the take of the re-
cent Daniel Padilla-Kathryn Ber-
nardo outing though the latter is
also in the movie sans her on and
off screen darling. Still, the lead-
ing movie production company in
the country is hopeful the movie
has legs to stand up till about an-
other second and third week in
the plexes.
Unfavorable notices notwith-
standing, the film company pro-
ceeds to barrage the potential au-
dience with positive vibes about
the Richard-Sharon movie…. that
up frustrations with each other.
But fans of the abortive Sha-
ron-Richard love team are cer-
tainly jubilant about 3 Words to
Forever and why not?
But just like in most Tagalog
movies about failed marriage, the
Sharon-Richard off-screen ro-
mance failed to rev up, and the
two followed each of their path to
separate directions.
Now, Richard, mayor of Or-
moc City, lives a happy married
life with wife Lucy, a congressman
in the same city, and Sharon with
his Kiko Pangilinan, a senator.
In Three Words to Forever
however, the audience is able to
take a peak at what Richard and
Sharon’s love chapter off-screen,
Cast members (L-R) Liza Lorena, Sharon Cuneta, Kathryn Bernardo, Richard Gomez and Freddie Webb
though implicitly. And that’s what
it is one members of the family and a Wedding (2013) and Seven makes Three Words to Forever
shouldn’t miss because everyone Sundays (2017) that starts out as something fans are looking for-
in a family can relate to any of the a humor-laced depiction of an im- ward to see in theaters nation-
characters.
perfect Filipino family and later ex- wide.●
Those that had seen the plodes with each and every single
- I.V. Red, MS
movie likened it to Four Sisters character unloading all their pent
Three Words to Forever review round-up:
What the critics are saying!
A review rundown of Cathy Garcia-Molina’s new family drama
The much-anticipated “Three
Words to Forever” finally hit Phil-
ippine cinemas and has since
made its audiences laugh, cry,
and question their relationship
with their parents (in the best way
possible).
The film, which premiered
last November 28, is directed
by Cathy Garcia-Molina and fea-
tures a star-studded cast with the
Megastar Sharon Cuneta, Richard
Gomez, Kathryn Bernardo, Liza
Lorena, Freddie Webb, Joross
Gamboa, and Tommy Esguerra.
Critics and fans have weighed in
on the new family drama, and you
can read some of the best reviews
down below:
1. My Movie World review
“It’s been a while [since we’ve
seen] a local film that centers
its story [around] a family, with
a beautiful backdrop of our own
province, Leyte, Ormoc City...[a]
heartwarming family film that ev-
eryone can relate to. Sharon and
Richard still have the chemistry
and gave topnotch performanc-
es, and truly nailed their charac-
ters. Kathryn Bernardo delivered
her acting performance sincerely
[and she made us cry while she
was crying]. Tommy Esguerra was
a breath of a fresh air, he is so nat-
ural and good in this film.”
“Watching ‘Three Words To
Forever’ lets you appreciate your
family despite their flaws and im-
perfections and [will make you]
realize that the love of family is
life’s greatest blessing. So if you
just want to watch a feel-good
movie and have quality bonding
with your family, watch [it!]”
2. Maganda Ba? review
“It’s an endearing film with a
highly surprising tear-jerker finale.
Sharon Cuneta, Kathryn Bernardo, Richard Gomez and director Cathy Garcia-Molina
At first, I thought it’s just going to
be a chill family vacation movie,
with subtle humor and lightweight
drama. But it caught me off guard
when it hit its back half when the
characters started expressing out
everything, their resentments,
and faults. It just got too real,
‘yung ramdam mo ‘yung sakit at
naiintindihan mo ‘yung pinang
gagalingan ng bawat karakter.
The confrontation scenes of its
last thirty minutes were very well
executed.”
“With its natural and ground-
ed script, and excellent perfor-
mances from Sharon Cuneta,
Richard Gomez, and Kathryn Ber-
nardo, it’s no wonder why the titas
at the back row from where I was
sitting were all ugly crying towards
the end, it was just so satisfying
for me to experience all of it.”
“Overall the film has a great
cast, enjoyed the comic relief bits
from Joross Gamboa. And Tom-
my Esguerra did a commendable
job for someone who’s relatively
new in the industry. So if you’re
looking for a sweet family film but
with a deadly heavy drama finish,
this one’s a good option.”●
- C. Selim, ABS-CBN News