It’s about a young man, Intoy, who’s befriended by a free-spirited, liberated, English-speaking young woman, Jen, who takes him to bed, even paying for their hotel room, without any commitment whatsoever. He stresses that Jen has no personal problems with her parents, not a victim of sexual abuse, not a slut, she just loves sex after discovering it. He eventually falls in love with her but cannot express it as she makes it clear early on that they’re just FB (fuck buddies, friends with benefits), not boyfriend-girlfriend.
One day, Jen tells him she’s pregnant, but he’s not the dad, then disappears. He misses her, gets a prostitute to forget her and gets drunk, but still can’t forget her. But eventually, he moves on, gets on with his life, finishes college and looks for a job. In the novel, he never sees him again. But the film ends with her seeing a girl who might or might not be Jen. We’re not sure.
Edgar Allan Guzman nails the role of Intoy perfectly. Even his voice over narration is excellent, but his manager Noel Ferrer should get him a good dermatologist as his bad skin can be distracting on screen. We doubted if Mercedes Cabral would be good as Jen but after watching her, we must concede that she’s does a pretty good job. We heard one actress considered for the role was Lovi Poe, who’d be an ideal Jen since she speaks English well, but we doubt if she’d agree to do the nude scenes Mercedes did in the film so willingly.
But take note that even if Edgar and Mercedes are good on their own, they don’t really have much on-screen chemistry together. A scene stealer is Tolites Shalala as a pimp in the scene where they poke fun at being Kapuso, Kapatid and Kapamilya. The film deserves theatrical release but it’ll surely be R-13 due to the sex scenes and raw language.
