Here Comes the Bride

This is the first Filipino movie I've watched since, perhaps, Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros. I'm not exactly a huge fan of Filipino movies, especially the comedy ones, but last night my friends and I watched Here Comes the Bride. I wasn't sure what to expect, but when we neared the movie house, guess who I met.

Yes guys, John Lapuz is just one of the many celebrated actors and comedians who graced the big screen. Together with Eugene Domingo, Tuesday Vargas, Jaime Fabregas, Tom Rodriguez and the very sultry Angelica Panganiban, Here Comes the Bride is sure to tickle your funny bones while pulling your heartstrings at certain points in the film.

The plot is simple. A twisted road accident causes five very different people to switch bodies before a big wedding. While some of them were first at a loss, some find themselves instantly comfortable with their new selves, and quite possibly, their new lives as well. As the story progressed, the characters attempt to a find a way to return to their old bodies and in the process, look at life from a freshly new perspective.

Not short on big laughs and crack ups, the movie does not fail to entertain. I personally cannot get over the funny bed scenes and the many many kisses between Harold (Tom Rodriguez of Pinoy Big Brother Double Up) and whoever it was that contained his wife's soul. Good thing they weren't torrid or I would have reached my limit and puked!

While the movie can be hilarious, it can also be horrifyingly poignant. Everyone is fueled by desire, after all. What this movie showcases is that whatever it is you want, whether it be to get married or to be young again, to be filthy rich or to change your gender and become a woman, you can have it. Sometimes with a stroke of luck (or a lunar eclipse on a magnetic road); sometimes, only temporarily and sometimes, as it is in real life, at the expense of others.