Close to You (from www.abs-cbn.com/close2u/story.aspx) is abount Manuel (John Lloyd) and Marian (Bea) have been best friends since they were kids. They are so close that they know each other's secrets ... well, almost. For the last 16 years, Manuel never had the courage to tell Marian how much he loves her.
On the other hand, Marian sees Manuel as no more than her best friend. Marian's greatest love has always been Lance (Sam), a classmate who protected her from bullies back in grade school. Ever since Lance and his family migrated abroad ten years ago, Marian never had the chance to establish contact with him again. The only thing that Marian knows is that Lance has become the lead singer of the new rock band, Orion.
Good fortune smiles on Marian when Orion decides to tour the Philippines. Marian is intent on seeing Lance again, and she brings Manuel with her on a chase that brings them around the Philippines and abroad. Manuel believes that the whole chase is futile because a popular star like Lance will not remember a simple girl like Marian, but Marian does not believe him.
When Lance and Marian finally meet again, sparks fly between them. Marian now has to decide - will he let his best friend be happy with her Prince Charming, or will he fight for the love that has kept him alive for the last 16 years?
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i watched this film with a couple of my MBA friends, eric and annie yesterday. i was really excited to see this film because i knew it was going to be a treat. Bea and John Lloyd's movies has always been food for the heart. I actually quite enjoyed movies both or one of them were in - now that i have you, my first romance and dreamboy. bea alonzo is has grown up quite nicely. she is very very pretty. john lloyd does not disappoint, amazingly charming, funny and superb acting talent. sam, for his part, was handsome, oozing with sex appeal and a killer smile to die for.
the moviehouse was packed. there were really funny moments in the film, told subtly that if you aren't really pinoy, you wouldn't really get it. there were tearjerker moments specially during the car scene when manuel was telling marian about his feelings and telling her he's giving her time to sort out her feelings. it probably shouldn't have come from marian's younger sister but when she told marian she's torn between a habit (re:manuel) and a dream (re:lance), that was an excellent metaphor. the real i-will-always-remember line though was said near the end of the film when marian realized manuel reall loved her and she said "mahal mo ko talaga." to which manuel replied "and i have my whole life to show it." awwwww ..... ok, so i'm a sucker for romance. i'm just is. i believe in true love, in love at first sight, in soulmates and happy ever after. see, i guess i can be real jaded at times but deep inside, i still see the world in color.
so i did see this film among other romance-themed pinoy movies - call me baduy but i enjoyed it. i guess seeing films themed like this helps me remember that there is real love in the world. that it happens and that one day, i'd wake up to find it happening ... to me!
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