Hi,
Allow me to share some comments culled from the CRITICS' NIGHT preview of Maryo de los Reyes' film NAGLALAYAG last Friday. This came from a member of the e-group ICON (International Circle of Online Noranians):
"In Naglalayag La Aunor proves to us that she is beyond formula and convention. Hers is a performance that is both touching and forceful, with a serene madness no other flight of fancy can escape."
- J. Pilapil Jacobo
Young Critics Circle Film Desk
"Mahusay ang pagkakagawa ng pelikula. Napakagaling ng acting ni Nora bilang judge."
- Bienvenido Lumbera
Manunuri ng Pelikung Pilipino
"The best performance of Nora Aunor since Bilangin ang Bituin sa
Langit."
- Patrick Flores
Young Critics Circle Film Desk
"Vitality and intelligent delivery among the major players—this film offers both high drama and thrills."
- DM. Reyes
Department of Filipino
Ateneo de Manila University
"Director Maryo J. de los Reyes helms another simple story targeted for the international market. Nora Aunor and Yul Servo aptly delivers in their role as a respected judge and an innocent taxi driver, respectively. While it is the trend to pair older men with younger female counterparts, Irma Dimaranan's screenplay seeks to challenge the norm and succeeds in doing so."
- Seymour Barros Sanchez
Film reviewer, Peyups.com and The Manila Times
(former editor in chief of the Philippine Collegian)
"Kaya pa pala ni Nora na magpakilig."
- Seymour Barros Sanchez
"After five years, Nora graces the big screen at her renewed best in a role that is testament to her maturity as the one true premier
actress of Philippine cinema."
- Nonoy Lauzon
Young Critics Circle Film Desk
"What will you expect but a very convincing performance as a judge from Ms. Nora Aunor."
- Philip Panganiban
Film reviewer
And from our very own Nikos Dacanay: "In Naglalayag, we finally see a different Nora Aunor, brave and confident, the Filipino woman of today. The movie is entertaining with a witty script that tackles May-December affair in a fresh manner. Yul Servo and Aleck Bovick proves in this movie that they were deserving of their acting awards."
Abangan natin ang full reviews ng critics quoted above. Ipinangako ni Patrick Flores ang kanyang review sa Manila Standard on June 22, a day before the regular showing. Biro rin niya, we may refer to Nonoy Lauzon as the ex-Vilmanian after Naglalayag. Sana ay may early review din si Gerard Ramos sa Today. Dr. Nanette Dungo, UP professor of sociology of women and labor, also attended the preview; she'll give her comments on the film later. Almost half of the guests who confirmed to attend didn't make it. (Kalokah!) They will have another
chance at the press preview this Thursday, 12 noon, also at
Sampaguita Pictures compound. FYI, napanood na nina Butch Francisco at Nestor Torre ang Naglalayag dahil members sila ng Cinema Evaluation Board.
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Thanks.
Myke