"Closer To Home"

I finally got my DVD copy of Closer to Home after almost a month of waiting. I even pre-ordered it 3 weeks before it was released but I guess Filipino companies here are no different from the ones in the Philippines.

I am very disappointed with how the story was written. Although I would say that cinematography was very artistic. The film maker was able to portray the reality of rural poverty in the Philippines. Yes, in that sense he was successful - the setting was very real, a house made of grass and bamboo, carabaos and plows, the factory, they were all good representations of Philippine reality.

But once the story shifted to Dalisay's life in New York, the story also shifted into the life of her fiancee. The camera veered away from Dalisay's life although I believe that the film maker's intention was to depict the reality of urban poverty in New York City.

I wish that the movie would have focused more on Dalisay and her woes in New York City and how she overcame them. Instead, it focused on the pathetic life of her fiancee. The movie ended without leaving any impression in me except that it sucked and it wasn't really worth watching it.

I apologized to those who are planning to buy/watch this movie. This rant wasn't meant to be a spoiler.