Movie: No Other Woman

From: starmometer.com

Last Saturday, I was out with my college friend K and my SO. We watched NOW since we were all intrigued by the trailer. We went to Alabang Town Center hoping to catch the 3:00pm showing since K is reminding me about the huge queues for the movie tickets. Thankfully Alabang Town Center has reservation seats so we were comfortably seated. I and SO bought movie tickets before taking lunch at CPK. After our lunch we went inside the cinema and true enough, the movie house is filling up fast. Buti nalang we bought tickets earlier and choose a strategic seat so we can enjoy watching the movie.

I would say NOW is a good movie. It tackles the modern tale of marriage and infidelity issues. Even those people who are not yet married or not a mistress can relate to the movie. It showed how modern marriages evolved and how modern women fight for their love and marriage. It was really nice seeing Anne Curtis levelling up as one of the upcoming versatile actress nailing her role as the mistress of Derek Ramsay and it was nice seeing Cristine Reyes improving her acting skills. Carmi Martin is also a great add up to the cast since she brought funny lines on marriage and mistresses. My favourite scene in the movie is the confrontation scene where Anne and Cristine battle with their bikinis on up to the part where Cristine is seething dark with anger about affair and her breakdown with Derek. As the movie is nearing its end, there is just one big message across the whole affair, the guy would always end up with his wife and for the mistresses, its no use fighting and breaking up someone’s marriage. Because in the end, you will only end up hurt and broken. A mistress is always at the losing end, period.

To sum up the movie, here are my favourite lines from the movie characters 

Carmi Martin: (Cristine’s mom who got the funniest lines)
• Kung ahas siya mas ahas ako! Tahimik pero kapag kinanti – nanunuklaw!
This was during the 50th anniversary of Cristine’s grand parents crying in her golden dress (that depicts her noveau rich status in life) and dealing with her own marriage problem

• Naku. Ganyan talaga kapag galing sa makating dikya, nagmamarka.
Seeing that all too-familiar hickey in her son-in-law’s neck...

• Ang mundo ay isang malaking Quiapo. Maraming snatcher. Maagawan ka. Lumaban ka!
Tarush! This should be every girl’s mom!

• Panahon na para i-pack-up ‘yang si Lucy Torres mo. Ilabas mo na diyan si Gretchen Barretto. Sabi nga niya sa Magkaribal, ‘You want war? I’ll give you war.’ Anak, ako na ang bahala sa red stilettos mo!
This is another one fantastic line! This is while Carmi Martin was encouraging Cristine to fight back the mistress of her husband.

• Pare-parehong p*ta lang iyon! Yung p*tang mayaman, original ang Hermes. Yung mahirap, binili sa Greenhills.
This was the most hilarious line of all! Everyone was laughing inside the movie house.

Anne Curtis: (as the sosyal and seductive playgirl / heiress Kara Zalderiaga)
• I know the market, because I AM the market.
Bratty si ate! :P

• No pressure. Just shut up and kiss me. And don’t you dare fall in love with me.
Pero na-fall din sya :P

• Wе’re јυѕt two consenting adults having fun, thеrе’s nο emotional attachment
Yeah right… this is just a statement of someone playing safe… and I have to agree on Anne’s gay friend in the movie, fun sa una pero once everything is out in the open that’s another story… (bakit ba ako affected masyado sa movie???)

• I’m not a mistress. I never was and I never will be one.
Talaga lang ha...

• A woman will only be a mistress if there’s an emotional attachment.
But eventually, you will have an emotional attachment.. ilang beses na sinabi yan sa Cosmo magazine! Mapa-international cover or local cover :P Hindi nagbabasa si ate :P hahahah

• They’re my guilty pleasures. But I really don’t feel guilty ‘cause I deserve them.
This was pertaining to the bag that Anne and Cristine is been fighting for. It might be symbolic to say that the bag is Derek ;)

• Buti pinapasok ka dito sa resort... bawal kasi ang ugaling squatter dito eh...
This is pertaining to Cristine during their confrontation scene in the resort. Kabugan lang ng lines...

• Paano mo naman malalaman na masarap pala pag di mo titikman? Kahit alam mong bawal, labanan mo cos’ eventually your body will just get used to it.
I was smiling while seeing this scene. It can be a double meaning but Anne is pertaining to seafood allergies.

• You can call me anything you want: a snake, a bitch, an other woman. But I will never be a pathetic, boring housewife.
Kasi naman ang boring ni Cristine eh... how can you compete with Anne’s bikini... sige nga... hahaha :D

• Gagawin ko ang lahat wag mo lang akong iwan
Ouch! Super desperate move ate! :P

• Ano ang gagawin ninyo if the only man you love is unfortunately married? I am not gonna give up Ram without putting a goddamn fight!
This is also a winner scene! I love it while Anne was throwing the wine glass... sabi nya kanina, no emotional attachment pala ha... :P

Cristine Reyes: (as Derek’s subservient wife who later on fights back)
• Alam mo ba ang tawag sa mang-aagaw ng asawa? Ahas! Bikini mo ba iyan o balat mo?
Winner ang katarayan! And it was right on because in that scene Anne is wearing a snake skin print bikini while Cristine on the other hand was wearing boring two piece bikini. :D

• Baka makita mo pang nilalagyan ko ng lason ang pagkain mo. Joke lang. Medyo off yung humor ko lately.
You should be really scared... and if I’m in Cristine’s position, I would do the same :P

• Mababaliw siguro ako kapag nalaman kong may babae siya. Baka mapatay ko iyong kabit. Silang dalawa, actually.
You should be really really scared... homicidal tendencies... :P

• Alam mo kasi ang marriage parang exclusive village. Kailangan mong bantayan para hindi makapasok ang mga squatters.
Tariray to the highest level ang wifey ;)

• Why don’t you have dinner with us tonight? Pa-thank you ko na rin dahil kinuha mo ang asawa ko… bilang supplier ng furtinure sa resort niyo.
Hahaha! May kasunod pala kala ko kung pano kinuha...

• The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Pero sa ganda mong iyan, siguradong marami kang alam na shortcuts.
And then right on cue, Derek says cheers... hahaha. Makahalata kayo sa subtle message ni misis :P

• Ano bang mas madaling kalaban, yung p*tang mahirap o yung p*tang mayaman?
May difference ba yun? Carmi Martin already said the difference :P hahaha

• Hindi ako to! Pero ginagawa ko to para sayo!
Heartbreaking

Other funny lines in the movie:
Saleslady: Ma’am marami pa po kami stock ng bag na yan.

And this was after Anne and Cristine were already exchanging dagger looks and venomous lines while fighting for the blue designer bag. Si ateng saleslady saka lang nagsalita!

Kitkat: May pa-party ba si Barney at hindi ako invited?!

This was seeing Anne and Cristine in the same purple color of their clothes while in a mall