Movie Review: Seven Sundays
Being mom for 2 kids and an employee and a wife to my husband, I don’t have much time for myself, especially when watching movies. But, my husband shares a movie “Seven Sunday” and we try to watch it.
Release date: 11 October 2017 (Philippines)
Director: Cathy Garcia-Molina
Producer: Elma Madua
Production company: Star Cinema
Screenplay: Kiko Abrillo, John Raphael Gonzaga, Roumella Monge
Languages: Tagalog, Filipino
Synopsys: Star Cinema’s “Seven Sundays” revolves around the story of Bonifacio family, whose patriarch, Manuel, (Ronaldo Valdez) is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Seeing the family he built with his now deceased-wife, falling apart, Manuel has only one dying wish: see his four children together again and reconnected, happy and looking for each other, like when they were still kids.
His eldest, Allan (Aga Mulach), is a struggling father trying to make ends meet for his own family. Bryan (Dingdong Dantes), the middle child, who in spite of being the most successful, harbors bitterness towards Allan, whom he thinks has remained his father’s favorite. Cha (Cristine Reyes), now a mother of three, tries to hide her malfunctioning marriage, and Dexter (Enrique Gil), the youngest, keeps himself distant from the family he thinks abandoned him.
They are forced to reconcile under the same roof, and as they try to grant their dying father’s wish, a recollection of their history and some assessment of where they are and have gone as a family, are inevitably ensued.
Almost expectedly, “Seven Sundays” runs through a structure that is not foreign to its genre. It is predictable, unimaginative, and gets in its dramatic and comedic moments overly sensationalized. This flaw barely undermines the narrative’s overall entertainment value but it somehow deprives the film the knack to arrive to a sensible resolution.
The film exaggerates both the emotionally heavy and funny proceedings of its script to solicit tears and chuckles, which to be fair, are mostly earned, but sometimes fall in the wrong places. It then creates an over-sized heft, which may not be necessary, but thoroughly effective in delivering the motives of the film.
At some point, gentle moments get overshadowed by big climactic sequences, but this is fine as they propel the narrative to getting all its ample sentiments across. Admirably, emotional segments of the film are almost equally distributed to its five leads, each one given enough moment to make their characters shine.
Source: http://www.lionheartv.net/2017/10/movie-review-seven-sundays-hits-right-heart/
Lesson from the Movie:
This movie reminds us that whatever and whenever futures that we have, we should never forget our families specially when if we already have our own family, never forget your parents. They are the reasons of whatever we have so far. Also, having siblings are beautiful blessings not only for our parents but also for us. And we should learn to appreciate them, love them, forgive them when they hurt you. Help them when they need us. Yes, we have friends that help us in times that we need them. But our Family is always there for us in times of needs.
The actors and actresses that choose to this movie are fit to the characters they portray. This is only a movies but you feel that their character are close to their personal lives. Also the stories are close the Filipino Family.
Hope I share something that reminds our family here in the Philippines. Sharing this not only here but also for the Filipinos around the world.