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Real Life Fiction

Aug 28 2024 · Viva Films, TEN17P, Black Cap Pictures

Generally positive reviews

Based on 7 review(s)
64

An actor with an illustrious career decides to write, direct, and act in a film that will inevitably bring him closer to his own demise before revealing that his truth may actually be far from what he has become.

Positive4
Mixed2
Unfavorable1
Published 2 months ago
Aug 28
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Piolo Pascual delivers the performance of his career in a thoughtfully abstract rumination on fame that showcases a great supporting turn from Jasmine Curtis-Smith, sublime visuals from cinematographer Odyssey Flores, and a story from writer-director Paul Soriano that will surely be dissected by cinephiles in the years to come. (A)

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90

Cinegeeks

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Published 2 months ago
Aug 29
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This whole film was executed in a way that felt like it was the same movie Paco wrote and directed, with a cameo of an indie film icon as a pawnshop owner and a killer ending twist to make you rethink everything you've seen. (8/10)

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80

Fred Said

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Published 2 months ago
Aug 29
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Real Life Fiction isn’t the typical local film you’d find in movie theaters today, especially given the recent decline in cinema attendance. Screening it on the big screen is, in itself, a bold move.

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70

Bong Godinez

PEP.ph

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Published 2 months ago
Aug 29
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The movie is dwelling more on fiction, losing touch of reality. The two sides didn’t have a good blend. You’re more fixated on the film’s concept than the main character’s story. (1.9/5)

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69

Goldwin Reviews

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Published 2 months ago
Aug 28
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A brooding, thought-provoking, often baffling, highly intriguing, cerebral experience. (2.5/5)

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50

Film Circle Reject

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Published 2 months ago
Sep 1
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Real Life Fiction is a frustratingly obtuse film, one that tries hard to maintain its veneer of incomprehensibility to the point that its plot is basically nonsense. (2.5/5)

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50

John Tawasil

Society of Filipino Film Reviewers

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Published 2 months ago
Aug 29
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It spends so much energy on obfuscating what's real for these characters that it makes it impossible to care about anything that's going on. (2/5)

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40

Philbert Dy

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