Boyette (2020)

It's Boyette and not Boyet

It's a story of a feminine gay accepted by their family but pretends to be straight at school because of a homophobic best friend. It's not a BL story. It's the story and adventure of Boyette in college. It's not solely focused on the gay hardship in society but also family importance, and making and fulfilling a dream. I watched it without expectation so I was really surprised by the story.

It is mainly comedy and not drama and romance, so it will not cater to many viewers. The whole movie was full of slapstick comedy, they make exaggerated movements. Sometimes the comedic acts are funny but sometimes they are not. Also, sometimes it is funny because it is really not a funny joke. I just laughed and sometimes cried while watching the whole movie.

If you just want to laugh, I think you can try this movie

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It's an extreme movie. It was created during the pandemic.

On the one hand, comedy, "Asian comedy" - loud, affected, theatrical, convulsive, fake acting, you don't believe anything in the actors. Where Asians laugh, Europeans often just stare and those with less strong nerves turn off. I have to admit that in the beginning, even I had the urge to turn it off and forget about this pinoy idiot right away.

On the other hand, when you try further, suddenly a rather deep thought jumps out of the film "if I was already born this way and I don't change it, I can change those who perceive me to accept me as I am". And suddenly the film takes on a completely different dimension. I began to perceive the main character's acting performance quite well and also the fact that Maris Racal in the role of Nancy looks really good and does not remind me of an Asian woman at all.
I had to significantly increase the overall tone of the film because of the "message" that the film conveys, the acting and the music...

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