Movie No. 59 (2016): ANG BAGONG PAMILYA NI PONCHING
Ang Bagong Pamilya Ni Ponching (2016)
Director: Ina Salazar Acuna / Dos Ocampo
Cast: Janus Del Prado, Ketchup Eusebio, Odette Khan, Joyce Burton Titular, Jackie Lou Blanco, Ricardo Cepeda, Lollie Mara
In Tagalog, with English subtitles
Ponching is twenty-something and is jobless. Despite that he's religious, he does petty crimes with his friend. One day he randomly sends a scam text to random number, trying to extort some petty amount of money from the unassuming recipient. But, the recipient, thinking that Ponching might be the illegitimate son of their deceased relative, takes the text message seriously.
Director: Ina Salazar Acuna / Dos Ocampo
Cast: Janus Del Prado, Ketchup Eusebio, Odette Khan, Joyce Burton Titular, Jackie Lou Blanco, Ricardo Cepeda, Lollie Mara
In Tagalog, with English subtitles
Ponching is twenty-something and is jobless. Despite that he's religious, he does petty crimes with his friend. One day he randomly sends a scam text to random number, trying to extort some petty amount of money from the unassuming recipient. But, the recipient, thinking that Ponching might be the illegitimate son of their deceased relative, takes the text message seriously.
A situational comedy, this movie really entertains. The comedic timing is well placed, eliciting laughter from the audience. Even the musical score is memorable.
Despite what, in my opinion, is an inappropriate scene when the family matriarch (of Ponching's "new" family) delivers a preachy monologue toward the end of the movie, the movie still delivers its point successfully.
Rating: 3.0/4.0
Date seen: August 8, 2016
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