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Sakristan philippines drama review
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Sakristan
18 people found this review helpful
by Pinoy Ares
Jun 26, 2020
8 of 8 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 6.5
Story 4.5
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 4.5

What a wasted effort

The show started out strong but succeeding episodes failed to impress.

Full of cliches, corny and unnatural script, and the producing company's attempt to include all their talents in the episodes. I also hate the inclusion of the flambuoyant gay friends, not because i hate their gayness that stereotypes filipino gay guys, but because they were taking so much screen time. I went to see the story of the sakristan and his lover and not everyone else's. They are just too much.

The final 4 episodes did become better - it at least gave the 2 leads the platform to showcase what they can do as actors.

However, just like in thai BLs, and im saying this objectively, the biggest thing i hate about their stories is when one sees his bf kissing someone else and then he weeps and becomes angry and just decides they should break up. That is just lame storytelling.

I also dont understand why they needed to make Christian's father gay, and Zach's father a priest. I dont even know why they added them in the first place. What the heck is that- an attempt to stir controversy???

And the ending? Lets not talk about that ending. Lets just pretend Zach wrote that letter and Christian read it and then the end.

Will i watch it again? Not even if you pay me. Will i reccommend it? Only If you have 160min to spare while waiting for your delayed flight or of you are stuck in EDSA traffic. I do appreciate that it is released in Youtube and its free. Overall rating 6.5 and that is me being nice.
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