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“The timing. Wish we had more time.” I originally wasn’t going to leave an actual review but it’s been a rough 4 hours since I watched the movie for the first time and on the big screen despite my busy schedule and short of time between events. The movie had me crying tears. Literal na hagulgol na ako sa sinehan kahit mag-isa pa ako sa row ko. The movie is consistent and will always have recurring themes of wanting someone to speak your language or understand you in more ways than the surface level of you. You don’t need to speak to them directly or speak at all and they’d still get it. But also you can’t help but worry if you yourself are understanding the people around you well enough or if you’re just rejecting the “effort” of people who understand you thus making it seem like they misunderstand and therefore you misunderstanding them as well. “Everyone deserves someone who can speak their language.” and sometimes it could be a random film director who hired you to be his translator while he stays in the Philippines for a film festival. This movie could also prove to be reason why you’d rather go to a friend you’ve only known for 3 years than a family member who has been there your entire life. Or even sometimes strangers you’d meet.  Other than languages and meeting someone who could understand you, hopefully, there were details pertaining to time, which ultimately I could be reading too much into it but the quoted line above stuck with me because I’ve written that sentence word by word in a letter to a friend. A shame to meet someone who’ve impacted you in such a short time and yet that little time is all you had.  Moreso the characters were never portrayed to be perfect or even near to being perfect. They all had flaws, whether the main characters or the side characters, it just shows how real this all could be really and it could happen to anyone.  I have my biases that’s why it’s a 5, but it’s a movie worth the watch and not a waste of time. At least for me.