Dodo Dayao (Cinephiles)
“Turns out a Joey Reyes artfilm is no different (at least tonally)
from a Joey Reyes mainstream film, right down to the totally inaccurate
advertising agency milieu (a medium-sized ad agency, itself an
endangered species these names, saddled with a name like Brainstorm
Trooper is not exactly the sort that goes A List, and it wouldn’t hurt
to fact-check really) while trying out a handful of indie tropes as if
on a whim , from shakycam (which would’ve worked for the entire film
reaslly) to the dead-person-talking-to-camera that comes out of nowhere.
Having said that, there is potentially volatile material here about the
benign treacheries that transpire between friends sabotaged only by the
need for pat closure and a not exactly insightful or profound
resolution (“everything will be allright in the end” huh?). Having said
that, the dialgoue is often crisp and smart and the acting is
impeccable, particularly Juday.”
Jay-r Trinidad (Cinephiles)
“Na-gets ko na kung bakit biglang napunta sa Cinemalaya si JJR.
Mahirap ibenta sa sweet Star Cinema ang script. Pero ang sarap panoorin
ang storya. Maaaring medyo exaggerated ang ibang mga sinabi at eksena
(pero posible pa din naman siya sa buhay ng “ordinaryong” tao).
Napakasarap ng usapan sa confrontation scene. At winner na winner si
Janice de Belen. Medyo olats lang talaga yung product placement.”
Skilty Labastilla (Young Critics Circle)
“The premise of friendships unraveling as hidden feelings they harbor
about each other are surfaced by a diary could have been made into an
interesting film but Joey Reyes does not come up with engaging back
stories that support that premise. The result is a tiring string of
scenes that get too old quickly when the viewer realizes that these
‘explosive’ secrets do not ultimately mean much at all to the people
involved. It’s just ironic that Iza Calzado’s character tells her
advertising colleagues to revise a proposed concept because it forces
emotions out of viewers. Mga Mumunting Lihim itself does just that.”
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