It’s been more than five years since I joined a red carpet premiere of Star Cinema and the latest was for the film The Mistress that stars Bea Alonzo, John Lloyd Cruz, Hilda Koronel and Ronaldo Valdez. I usually watch movies a week or two after the screening to avoid long lines which Star Cinema is known for because of their blockbuster films, but with curiosity with the plot, characters and setting it made me want to see it earlier before it finally hit the cinemas.
The Mistress was directed by Olivia Lamasan and written by Vanessa Valdez. The film gives a new flavor to the usual romantic-comedy tandem of Bea and John Lloyd to a bolder and more daring roles they way they move, speak and think as they play the character of Sari and JD in the film. And it became more challenging when veteran actors like Ronaldo and Hilda makes that tandem more complicated where Ronaldo plays Rico the husband of Regina played by Hilda and made Sari as his mistress. But the question is how will a person like JD who is aware of Sari’s dark side can actually fell in love and pursue her knowing that the woman whom she loves is very much in love with her benefactor.
What’s great with the film is that Star Cinema presented the background of the four characters especially on where they coming from. Sari having too much burden with her life because of her family, JD a broken soul wanting to a perfect person to make him whole again, Regina a wife who trying to be a perfect person to her husband who obviously is cheating on her and Rico a husband who sees the missing piece of his life to Sari. But aside from the main characters, Carmi Martin and Anita Linda play a vital role in the life of Sari that molds her character and brings her in the situation to be The Mistress and actually fell in love with Rico.
The film is a bold step for Star Cinema to present a perspective of the mistress which we partially saw in the film The Other Woman under the same production. But what’s beautiful in this film is that it takes away the main characters that we usual comport zone and twisted their characters to create a bolder one.
The Mistress is rated PG-13 by the MTRCB and graded B by the Cinema Evaluation Board. Now showing in all cinemas nationwide and for international screening details listed below:
September 15, 2012 – Acropolis Nice, France
September 14, 2012 – Auckland, New Zealand
September 21-27, 2012 – Pearlridge West Theatres, Hawaii
September 21-27, 2012 – Regal Village Square Stadium, Las Vegas
September 21-27, 2012 – UA Horton Plaza, San Diego
September 21-27, 2012 – Parkway Plaza Stadium 12, Seattle
September 21-27, 2012 – Clearview Bergenfield Cinemas, New Jersey
September 21-27, 2012 – Century Great Mall, Milpitas, California
September 21-27, 2012 – Century at Tanforan, San Bruno, California
September 21-27, 2012 – AMC Mercado 20, San Jose, California
September 21-27, 2012 – Cerritos Stadium Cinema, Los Angeles, California
September 27 to October 4, 2012 – Al Ghuarair Mall, Dubai Abu Dhabi
September 27 to October 4, 2012 – Al Mariah Mall, Abu Dhabi Qatar
September 27 to October 4, 2012 – Cine Center, Qatar Bahrain
September 27 to October 4, 2012 – Seef Cineflex, Bahrain
After watching the movie, it will chance the way you see Thursday – you may love it or hate it.
