In My Life
2009·Comedy·2h
7.1
★
Shirley is a woman who wants to be in control of everything. Working as a librarian in a public school, a firm "Sshhh!" from her makes the students tremble in fear. But in her family, her unwarranted intervention in the lives of her children and their families keeps her emotionally detached from them. Realizing that she has lost the command she once had, she goes to New York to reunite with Mark, her estranged gay son who is now suffering from colon cancer. But Shirley doesn't know this, and living with Mark in New York comes with a cost. She has to live with her son's lover, Noel, who is an illegal immigrant. Everything is going right until circumstances force Shirley to go back to the Philippines. Now that she's back with her family, she realizes that something is wrong: she is not happy.
Directed by Olivia M. Lamasan
new york city
philippines
dysfunctional family
woman director
acceptance
moving on
culture shock
strict mother
gay son
forgiveness and reconciliation
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Cast
Vilma Santos
Shirley Templo
Luis Manzano
Mark Salvacion
John Lloyd Cruz
Noel Villanueva
Dimples Romana
Dang Salvacion
Tirso Cruz III
Benito Salvacion
Nikki Valdez
Mia
Rafael Rosell
Vince
Vice Ganda
Hillary
Paw Diaz
Cherry
Arnold Reyes
Albert
Nonie Buencamino
Father of Noe
Shamaine Buencamino
Mother of Noel
Crew
Olivia M. Lamasan
Director
Olivia M. Lamasan
Screenplay
Moira Lang
Screenplay
Marya Ignacio
Editor
Charlie Peralta
Director of Photography
Charo Santos
Executive Producer
Malou N. Santos
Executive Producer
Moira Lang
Story
Olivia M. Lamasan
Story
Nonong Buencamino
Music
Francis Concio
Assistant Music Supervisor
Cathy Garcia-Sampana
Second Assistant Director
Popular Reviews
29 reviews
Bea
8.0★ · 06/20/26
Filipino doomed yaoi with Vilma Santos. Galing ng acting ni John Lloyd dito!
Filipino doomed yaoi with Vilma Santos. Galing ng acting ni John Lloyd dito!
jm
8.0★ · 06/14/26
mommy-issue movie will never not make me cry. and vilma santos pa talaga haaaa. i hate how i relate to this sm. the favorite kid who fears being the disappointment.
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i cannot apologize for who i am.
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why do kids always have to suffer with their parents’ own problems. putangina we never asked to be born in this insufferable world. we never asked to live here. why do we always get the blame.
*why do we have to lose someone first before we tell them what we feel??
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he never got to see his two most beloved people get along 🥹🥹
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i cannot apologize for who i am.
*
why do kids always have to suffer with their parents’ own problems. putangina we never asked to be born in this insufferable world. we never asked to live here. why do we always get the blame.
*why do we have to lose someone first before we tell them what we feel??
*
he never got to see his two most beloved people get along 🥹🥹
mommy-issue movie will never not make me cry. and vilma santos pa talaga haaaa. i hate how i relate to this sm. the favorite kid who fears being the disappointment.
*
i cannot apologize for who i am.
*
why do kids always have to suffer with their parents’ own problems. putangina we never asked to be born in this insufferable world. we never asked to live here. why do we always get the blame.
*why do we have to lose someone first before we tell them what we feel??
*
he never got to see his two most beloved people get along 🥹🥹
*
i cannot apologize for who i am.
*
why do kids always have to suffer with their parents’ own problems. putangina we never asked to be born in this insufferable world. we never asked to live here. why do we always get the blame.
*why do we have to lose someone first before we tell them what we feel??
*
he never got to see his two most beloved people get along 🥹🥹
liway
5.0★ · 04/20/26
gago gulo ng emosyon ko habang pinapanuod ko ‘to 😭
kanina natatawa ako sa iilang scene,
maya maya may nabu-build ng inis, ngayon naman umiiyak na ako taena bwhahaha nadadala ko sa pagiyak ni john lloyd cruz 😭
actually legit ang galing nilang lahat!!! sobrang natural??!! Like napa "this is tagalog" na lang talaga ako.
si John Lloyd Cruz and Luiz sobrang natural as gay couple. napasabi talaga ko ng "gago may ganto pala silang palabas together???"
si Miss Vilma… kakaiba pala talaga siya magdala no?! pero yung karakter niya, personally ayon yung tipong hindi ko madaling maintindihan. tbh nahirapan akong mag-empathize sa kanya sa umpisa, siguro dahil may halong personal na hugot? may mga traits kasi siya na parang mga nanay na nakalakihan ko rin talaga samin kaya siguro nahihirapan ako bigyan siya ng pagunawa kasi feel ko isa ako sa anak niya na may tanim ng sama ng loob sa kaniya.
at yung sagutan nila jlc at miss v???? grabe yon!!! teh napataas talaga ko ng kamay!!!! yung mukha ko talaga nang sampalin pabalik ni jlc si miss v 😭 putek nashock ako teh!!!!! na may kaunting tawa?
pasaling saling rin yung thoughts ko kung mauuwi ba sa kasalanan or what, like at first nagulat ako like ah ganto pala yung takbo, kako alam ko na ang magiging ending nito. pero biglang mababago rin naman sa "ah gago baka hindi" basta I find it somehow smooth in a way na may clue about sa magiging ending but somehow pagiisipin ka pa rin. Iove it ha!!!
btw parang napanood ko na nga to cuz familiar iilang scene, pero di ko tanda buong kwento. At correct me if Im wrong, pero diba ad-lib lang yung ibang lines dito ni vice ganda? aaah di ko na tanda perooo love that part!!
overall di naman ako nagsisi na pinanood ko siya kahit nagpapaantok na lang talaga ako (3 am ako natapos gago makapunta pa kaya ako ng school nito)
kanina natatawa ako sa iilang scene,
maya maya may nabu-build ng inis, ngayon naman umiiyak na ako taena bwhahaha nadadala ko sa pagiyak ni john lloyd cruz 😭
actually legit ang galing nilang lahat!!! sobrang natural??!! Like napa "this is tagalog" na lang talaga ako.
si John Lloyd Cruz and Luiz sobrang natural as gay couple. napasabi talaga ko ng "gago may ganto pala silang palabas together???"
si Miss Vilma… kakaiba pala talaga siya magdala no?! pero yung karakter niya, personally ayon yung tipong hindi ko madaling maintindihan. tbh nahirapan akong mag-empathize sa kanya sa umpisa, siguro dahil may halong personal na hugot? may mga traits kasi siya na parang mga nanay na nakalakihan ko rin talaga samin kaya siguro nahihirapan ako bigyan siya ng pagunawa kasi feel ko isa ako sa anak niya na may tanim ng sama ng loob sa kaniya.
at yung sagutan nila jlc at miss v???? grabe yon!!! teh napataas talaga ko ng kamay!!!! yung mukha ko talaga nang sampalin pabalik ni jlc si miss v 😭 putek nashock ako teh!!!!! na may kaunting tawa?
pasaling saling rin yung thoughts ko kung mauuwi ba sa kasalanan or what, like at first nagulat ako like ah ganto pala yung takbo, kako alam ko na ang magiging ending nito. pero biglang mababago rin naman sa "ah gago baka hindi" basta I find it somehow smooth in a way na may clue about sa magiging ending but somehow pagiisipin ka pa rin. Iove it ha!!!
btw parang napanood ko na nga to cuz familiar iilang scene, pero di ko tanda buong kwento. At correct me if Im wrong, pero diba ad-lib lang yung ibang lines dito ni vice ganda? aaah di ko na tanda perooo love that part!!
overall di naman ako nagsisi na pinanood ko siya kahit nagpapaantok na lang talaga ako (3 am ako natapos gago makapunta pa kaya ako ng school nito)
gago gulo ng emosyon ko habang pinapanuod ko ‘to 😭
kanina natatawa ako sa iilang scene,
maya maya may nabu-build ng inis, ngayon naman umiiyak na ako taena bwhahaha nadadala ko sa pagiyak ni john lloyd cruz 😭
actually legit ang galing nilang lahat!!! sobrang natural??!! Like napa "this is tagalog" na lang talaga ako.
si John Lloyd Cruz and Luiz sobrang natural as gay couple. napasabi talaga ko ng "gago may ganto pala silang palabas together???"
si Miss Vilma… kakaiba pala talaga siya magdala no?! pero yung karakter niya, personally ayon yung tipong hindi ko madaling maintindihan. tbh nahirapan akong mag-empathize sa kanya sa umpisa, siguro dahil may halong personal na hugot? may mga traits kasi siya na parang mga nanay na nakalakihan ko rin talaga samin kaya siguro nahihirapan ako bigyan siya ng pagunawa kasi feel ko isa ako sa anak niya na may tanim ng sama ng loob sa kaniya.
at yung sagutan nila jlc at miss v???? grabe yon!!! teh napataas talaga ko ng kamay!!!! yung mukha ko talaga nang sampalin pabalik ni jlc si miss v 😭 putek nashock ako teh!!!!! na may kaunting tawa?
pasaling saling rin yung thoughts ko kung mauuwi ba sa kasalanan or what, like at first nagulat ako like ah ganto pala yung takbo, kako alam ko na ang magiging ending nito. pero biglang mababago rin naman sa "ah gago baka hindi" basta I find it somehow smooth in a way na may clue about sa magiging ending but somehow pagiisipin ka pa rin. Iove it ha!!!
btw parang napanood ko na nga to cuz familiar iilang scene, pero di ko tanda buong kwento. At correct me if Im wrong, pero diba ad-lib lang yung ibang lines dito ni vice ganda? aaah di ko na tanda perooo love that part!!
overall di naman ako nagsisi na pinanood ko siya kahit nagpapaantok na lang talaga ako (3 am ako natapos gago makapunta pa kaya ako ng school nito)
kanina natatawa ako sa iilang scene,
maya maya may nabu-build ng inis, ngayon naman umiiyak na ako taena bwhahaha nadadala ko sa pagiyak ni john lloyd cruz 😭
actually legit ang galing nilang lahat!!! sobrang natural??!! Like napa "this is tagalog" na lang talaga ako.
si John Lloyd Cruz and Luiz sobrang natural as gay couple. napasabi talaga ko ng "gago may ganto pala silang palabas together???"
si Miss Vilma… kakaiba pala talaga siya magdala no?! pero yung karakter niya, personally ayon yung tipong hindi ko madaling maintindihan. tbh nahirapan akong mag-empathize sa kanya sa umpisa, siguro dahil may halong personal na hugot? may mga traits kasi siya na parang mga nanay na nakalakihan ko rin talaga samin kaya siguro nahihirapan ako bigyan siya ng pagunawa kasi feel ko isa ako sa anak niya na may tanim ng sama ng loob sa kaniya.
at yung sagutan nila jlc at miss v???? grabe yon!!! teh napataas talaga ko ng kamay!!!! yung mukha ko talaga nang sampalin pabalik ni jlc si miss v 😭 putek nashock ako teh!!!!! na may kaunting tawa?
pasaling saling rin yung thoughts ko kung mauuwi ba sa kasalanan or what, like at first nagulat ako like ah ganto pala yung takbo, kako alam ko na ang magiging ending nito. pero biglang mababago rin naman sa "ah gago baka hindi" basta I find it somehow smooth in a way na may clue about sa magiging ending but somehow pagiisipin ka pa rin. Iove it ha!!!
btw parang napanood ko na nga to cuz familiar iilang scene, pero di ko tanda buong kwento. At correct me if Im wrong, pero diba ad-lib lang yung ibang lines dito ni vice ganda? aaah di ko na tanda perooo love that part!!
overall di naman ako nagsisi na pinanood ko siya kahit nagpapaantok na lang talaga ako (3 am ako natapos gago makapunta pa kaya ako ng school nito)
veronica
4.0★ · 04/15/26
vilma’s character rlly annoyed me to the core. i also don’t like the fact na kailangan pa mamatay anak niya para marealize niya na mali ginagawa nya, kahit pa sabihin na she only wanted what’s best for her children. ung kay john lloyd naman, bruh sobrang na annoyed talaga ako dun sa train scene as in, felt bad for him. masyado rin syang mabait like kung ako yun goodluck nalang. n yeah i disliked the ending a lot haha
vilma’s character rlly annoyed me to the core. i also don’t like the fact na kailangan pa mamatay anak niya para marealize niya na mali ginagawa nya, kahit pa sabihin na she only wanted what’s best for her children. ung kay john lloyd naman, bruh sobrang na annoyed talaga ako dun sa train scene as in, felt bad for him. masyado rin syang mabait like kung ako yun goodluck nalang. n yeah i disliked the ending a lot haha
Alex
10.0★ · 03/29/26
What a big sampal to every Filipino child and mother. It's the perfect depiction of a love estranged between a child and their parent, despite their love.
Gets namn ang pagmamahal at sakripisyo ng magulang eh, pero bakit parang parusa namn na ang maging anak niyo dahil dyan?
Them being LGBT was just a chef's kiss talaga.
PS. Ito na ang kapalit ng pagiging ga is go nung past characters ni lloydie - aping api sya here eh
Gets namn ang pagmamahal at sakripisyo ng magulang eh, pero bakit parang parusa namn na ang maging anak niyo dahil dyan?
Them being LGBT was just a chef's kiss talaga.
PS. Ito na ang kapalit ng pagiging ga is go nung past characters ni lloydie - aping api sya here eh
What a big sampal to every Filipino child and mother. It's the perfect depiction of a love estranged between a child and their parent, despite their love.
Gets namn ang pagmamahal at sakripisyo ng magulang eh, pero bakit parang parusa namn na ang maging anak niyo dahil dyan?
Them being LGBT was just a chef's kiss talaga.
PS. Ito na ang kapalit ng pagiging ga is go nung past characters ni lloydie - aping api sya here eh
Gets namn ang pagmamahal at sakripisyo ng magulang eh, pero bakit parang parusa namn na ang maging anak niyo dahil dyan?
Them being LGBT was just a chef's kiss talaga.
PS. Ito na ang kapalit ng pagiging ga is go nung past characters ni lloydie - aping api sya here eh