Movie Review: Mga Alalala ng Tag-Ulan

A coming-of-age love story about a young man’s first encounter with love, romance, and heartbreak, told in bits and pieces of poetic and melancholic memories that begin one rainy night.

Kuwento ng pagbibinata at pag-ibig. Mararanasn ng isang binata sa unang pagkakataon ang pag-ibig, romansa at pagkabigo. Isasalaysay ang lahat sa mga pira-pirasong ngunit matalinghaga at mapanglaw na mga alaala na nagsimila sa isang maulang gabi.

Kakaibang approach and treatment ng paglalahad ng isang coming of age story ng isang binata. Ang poot at tamis ng unang pag-ibig. I think the treatment is successful enough upang maipakita ang emosyon at mensahe ng pelikula. The style is something new for us audience to envive, it’s not the usual coming of age of story that we used to watch to.

I would like to commend the writers of the film as they’ve been able to give life to the poem of Santi. Binigyan nila ng magandang interpretasyon at cinematic feel ang tula ni Santi. Maganda ang sinematograpiya ng pelikula, the angle and the shot was good. A minor flaw of the film is yung live sound para kasing halatang dubbing lang ang lahat nawala yung pagiging authentic ng eksena minsan. Though siguro it was done in that way dahil continuous musical scoring nga ang ginawa all throughout the film kaya mahirap singitan ng live sound. Saka yung voice over ng tula sana boses na lang ni Aki yung ginamit. Ofcourse musical scoring is good; it is consistent at nagiiba din ang tone depende sa mood ng eksena

For artist performance, Akihiro Blanco is a promising actor; the film is a good launching vehicle for him. Nakitaan ko din siya ng authenticity sa pag arte at tamang timpla ng emosyon at kilos. Mocha Uson, good for her that she’ been able to town down her loud personality in this film. You will see a preserved Mocha Uson here with of course still having oozing sex appeal. All of the supporting casts are good from Issa Litton that’s very effective on her character, Mon Confiado with no lines in the filml but you will feel the emotion within, Lance Raymundo, an effective villain in the film, Ria Garcia that so damn pretty in the film and shows anks on her character up to Pio Balbuena as good comic relief and support to Aki.

Nagustuhan ko kung paano ipinakita sa pelikulang ito ang pag-ibig na kapag nagmahal ka iikot lang sa taong mahal mo ang buhay mo. Just go with the flow of movie, sundan mo lang  ang musika at ikaw mismo ay madadala at mararamdaman ang pinagdadaanan ni Santi. A good film to watch to especially for all hopeless romantic.

My Verdict:  3/5 

Akihiro Blanco @ Gala of Mga Alaala ng Tag-Ulan

Mocha Uson @ Gala of Mga Alaala ng Tag-Ulan

Casts of Mga Alaala ng Tag-Ulan @ Gala
Ria Garcia, Mocha Uson, Akihiro Blanco, Mon Confiado and Lance Raymundo

Direk Ato Bautista with Casts of Mga Alaala ng Tag-Ulan @ Gala