Bakit lahat ng bad character ay parang laging galit at nang-aapi magsalita? That can't be realistic.
The accent of the main couple does not match with the role they are portraying, no disrespect.
I truly felt guilty thinking of my family's food spending while watching this movie.
I know, the accent bothered me too. They're supposed to be Ilocano right? I don't remember them talking in Ilocano at any time in the movie, even when they were up in the mountains together with the other locals.
Even the opening voiceover bothered me because they murdered a very famous Pinoy "salawikain", which should be "Sa pagkahaba-haba man daw ng prusisyon, sa simbahan din ang tuloy". In the movie, the main character said "paroroonan", instead of "tuloy". I know that it's a synonym, but if they're using a local saying, use it verbatim.
Also, finding an empty (unclaimed) & free decent-enough shanty house in the slum area for the protagonist's family to live in is nothing sort of miraculous, it's bordering on fairy tale territory.
...And an ex-military man can't be that naive...