PHThe movie, helmed by blockbuster director Cathy Garcia-Sampana, broke box-office records last November 13 and earned P85 million, the biggest opening gross for a Filipino film. Undoubtedly, this new installment of the “Hello, Love” franchise is the biggest movie 2024.
With a story by master storyteller Carmi Raymundo and Crystal Hazel San Miguel, with ace director and former head of Star Cinema Olive Lamasan, the movie started with Joy and Ethan fatefully crossing paths again in Canada, presumably five years after Joy left Hong Kong to pursue her Canadian dreams, only to reveal how time and circumstances have changed their once great love.
The movie highlighted how Kathryn Bernardo has blossomed from a more-than-capable young star to one of her generation’s biggest stars and finest actresses. Her Marie was dynamic, fresh, and free-spirited while maintaining that vulnerability and longingness of the past’s Joy. Aside from her apparent talent, the box-office star was, perhaps, at her most beautiful in the movie, exuding both confidence and wholesome sensuality.
Richards, on the other hand, delivered a performance full of nuance and sensitivity. This movie gave the Kapuso star a great opportunity to prove his range as an actor. He made his audience feel his desperation, hopes, and drive to fight for the life and love he truly deserves.
