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Bride for Rent drags out a number of tropes and scatters them about the drama. If you don’t look too deeply it’s a sweet romcom. Dig a little deeper and it unearths one of the more dangerous romantic tropes. Rocco is turning 25 and under the impression he will receive his trust from his grandmother. He’s a jerk to the women he dates and dictatorial to his buddies whom he has gone into business with. Grandma has been watching and throws a marriage clause into the trust. Regardless of the money he will come into none of his ex-girlfriends will marry him because of the way he had treated them. Along comes impoverished actress Rocky and he hires her to pretend to be married to him.
There’s a reason Rocky doesn’t make much money acting, she’s simply not very good. I’m not sure if that was in the script or a flaw on the real actress’ part. Grandma insists on a church wedding and Rocky balks. Grandma takes her aside and tells her it will be a fake church wedding but she needs Rocco to grow up and learn to love and trust again and be kind again and Rocky is just the person to teach him. At this point the forced cohabitation high jinks begin.
I was able to play along with the jerky playboy wanting to put one over on grandma so that he’d get his money. I had a harder time with the concept of a man being completely changed by a woman. Too many women believe that tired trope and have butted their bloody head against a wall trying to make an unkind man kind.
Most of the cast were capable enough actors with the exception of the female lead. When she was calm she was a pleasure to watch. Too often she came across like she’d had too much coffee with too much sugar and artificial colors.
As long as you don’t fall like Rocky did for the “you can fix a jerky playboy” trope and can look over her overly enthusiastic performance it’s almost watchable. Even the actor who played Rocco looked liked he would rather be somewhere else on several occasions.
12/8/22
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I didn't watch it with English Subtitles because they haven't got a subtitled but still loved it. It's funny. Doesn't drag. There arent many obstacles faced by femal lead and male lead. Could rewatch over and over again if it was up to me. The move is funny. I'd say it was a romantic comedy. There's no action or drama. It also doesn't have any sad scenes. The acting cat were amazing. On point. Really good at acting. Would love to see another drama with both female and male lead again. Considering female lead is strong and independent. They don't depend on others. Ending was okay and kinda funny?❤❤? Was this review helpful to you?
A very cute romantic movie!
The story is a very classic one to the fans of romantic movies and dramas. These two people make a deal to pretend to be a married couple in order for the man to be able to take the money. Little did he know that he would fall in his own trap! This story showed how one person can change after being abandoned by his loved ones and how he can become better when he has someone supporting and believing in him. It showed how important it is to admit your mistakes and take responsibility for them. Also, the movie showed couples who talk about marriage and their secrets for longlasting relationships. The main idea is that you have to commit to it and chose to love every single day -what a great conclusion!The actors do a very good job and the main couple has great chemistry together, although there are some points where they overreact or shout. The only thing that bothered me is that they spoke two languages interchangeably through the whole movie. I would watch it again, although I usually don't do it.
All in all I do think that this movie is worth watching! It's not something that you see for the first time, but a good old classic I would say.
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I Hope It Was Meant to be a Parody
...because if it's not, it's the most juvenile, doofy movie I've seen in a long time. However, as a parody, it's passable. The story is one long trope, and the cast consistently ferociously overacts, hopefully on purpose. There is also a weird juxtaposition of English and Filipino, which is occasionally startling but more often a serious mistake as many of the accents are so thick as to render the words unintelligible in English. I would not recommend rewatching it unless you have pneumonia and were planning on napping anyway.Was this review helpful to you?
