My Review of Star Cinema's The Mistress

Yes, the movie aint out yet.

Yes. I may be spouting more than I can actually spit. (such vulgar imagery, ew.)

So I am reviewing the movie's story and characters based on its 3-minute trailer

because the trailer might be better than the movie - a harsh judgment but it has happened before.


In the trailer, we first see JD (or JLC in real life) catch a glimpse of Bea or The Mistress browsing books in National Book Store. It's raining. Naturally, Bea's so worried she'll get wet or wont be able to go home dry or that Manila's streets will be flooded by a mere drizzle but all this dude - who is so taken by her - cares about is for Sari to have coffee with him.

The Mistress slaps him with a witty "No."

But did JD stop?

Of course not.




"Hah!"

JD smirks.

"I'll get her."

"I will win this game."

"Hah! I just got more excited bitch. I'll make you want me."

"Contrary to what you think, this is more about me than it is about you girl."

"Im going to play a game. And you will be in it. Youll want to be in it. Youll beg me to be in it."

"Just you wait."

Friends, that is what JD's smirk is all about.

He wants her not because he likes her - that's a red herring. He wants her because she has something he wants to have. And he saw enough of her vulnerability to think there is a good chance he can have her as long as he says the right things, does the right stuff - preferably, these should be things she wants to hear and things she wants him to do (but this is only for show and he knows this ---- but SHE doesnt).

This is all about him even if the movie's title is The Mistress.

Go watch the movie and you will see how a woman is manipulated to "like" a dude - a dude that is not good for her even if he is as charming as John Lloyd (on a side note: if John Lloyd the actor is not careful with his weight and receding hairline, he might end up looking like Wally Bayola - not that there's anything wrong with Wally but JLC's supposed to be a matinee idol right and not a comedian?).


Someone as callous as JD (yes he is callous and disrespectful) will not let The Mistress' NO stop him.

Why should he? He doesnt care about her. He just wants her. She is a game to him, a game he must win.


And that is why he is now obsessing about her.

Yes she is attractive. But for him, love doesnt begin with attraction, it starts with obsession.






That is why he thought of her name for an entire week. He is trying to figure how he can slither his way in her mind, heart, being. He is studying how he can manipulate and push her buttons.

See how he forces himself on her personal space?



Can he see her fear? or Can he at least see that she is intimidated? Does he not care that she is afraid and intimidated by his actions?

Yes he can see her fear but he doesnt care -- Duh. That's what he wants her to feel and be. Slowly, her boundaries are being crumbled. It will only take a little bit more prodding and priming and he will have her.






His objective is to put her in a corner -- literally and figuratively -




until all she could do is surrender to him, give in to him, give in to his wants, put down her boundaries and voila!




And Sari's clueless workmates have no idea what she is in for because all they could see is his charm.





But Sari could see more ---- that is why she is holding onto her NO.





She has seen this before somewhere.

Someplace, someone has been like this to her she just cant put her finger on whom.

Enter The Benefactor.





Love is fueled by attachment.







To the Benefactor, Sari is the young ingenue he has molded to cater to his whims, wishes and desires. She is now attached to him in a way he knows how but she doesnt really know why ----- or maybe she does, she just cant figure out how she could disentangle herself from him.

So JD is helping her to disentangle from him so she could fall straight to his web. From one old manipulator, she is falling onto the arms of another, albeit a younger one.

That is why he is always encroaching on her space, see.



He is always on her face so she will not see him for what he really is. A stalker, semi-psychopath with major narcissistic tendencies.


And his in-your-face machinations finally work.

Now, she is considering his presence in her life.

"Why not?" she thinks.



"He's not giving up. That means he loves me right?"

"That means he'll do anything for me."


Now she is willing to supply him with his needs or at least -- she is considering it.

He has won half the battle.

He is not into this because she can feel her. He is into this because she is a source of supply - be it sex, pseudolove or both.





She is now under his spell.




And it would now take very little to push her towards him.




He is winning the game.




But Sari's sense of self is tied to her benefactor see. That is why she is asking his permission to pseudolove JD.

She doesnt know she is in a prison of her own making and all she has to do is say NO to both and YES to her Self.






If the movie will show how she achieves this then it is worth watching.

But if it further romanticizes her confusion and JD's psychopathic/stalker & narcissistic-personality-disorder personality by letting her end up with him

and/or if it lets The Benefactor end up with his Wife -- as mainstream movies usually do -- then this movie (if you like your illusions and delusions being cathartically fulfilled right before your eyes) is for you.


If you're a dude with no identity of your own and you want to get tips on how to snag a beautiful confused girl with low self esteem, watch this movie and follow JD's rude moves.

If you're a woman who feels Sari's predicament, ask yourself why?

Also --- if you are charmed and moved by JD's efforts to win her attention and if you find someone who callously disregards a woman's boundaries likable, romantic -- ask yourself "Why?"

Also, ask yourself why you are even wishing a JD in your life?


Some Youtube comments:

i bet this will be a must seen movie... i love the trailer... i wanna be the mistress:))
Marichi Juliano 3 days ago



"layuan mo asawa ko. tagalog yan para maintindihan mo" - my god! what a line! magamit nga pag nagkaron ng kabit jowa ko lol
djess14 1 day ago



Please know that in real life, JD deserves no decent woman's attention or love because:

1 He doesnt heed a woman's NO - a sign of disrespect / stubborness / callousness / selfishness

Remember that "Actions are more eloquent and credible than words...a person who chooses not to hear (your NO) is trying to control you." Gavin de Becker The Gift of Fear

2 He violates a person's boundaries

3 He is arrogant

4 He cares only for himself and what he wants

5 He is into the art of fast persuasion - the faster he could convince her, the less she could see behind his mask and illicit agenda

His romantic moves, his gifts, his desire to prove to her that he is a better lover, his literal in-your-face moves to Sari are all done with the intent to distract her from the obviously simple context:

His feelings for her (if there are any) isnt real. It comes from his desire to win the game. To have her. To get her to do what he wants. She is his fix. He doesnt think of her as a person, she thinks of her as someone he could control, manipulate.

"He used catchy details to be perceived as someone familiar, someone she could trust. She knew him artificially."
Gavin de Becker in The Gift of Fear




And these I got just from watching the trailer.


What about The Benefactor then? Should Sari stay with him?

The Benefactor is what JD will be when he gets old.

Sari is in a lose-lose situation with them both.

If this movie will have a sequel and Sari chooses JD, JD will become The Benefactor and Sari will become The Wife and a younger actress will be the Mistress 2.



Will this movie be a hit?

Maybe these YouTube comments will help us know:




Pwede ba..kayong mga pepenos...linisin nio muna yang mga nagkalat na basuura nio...Turuan nio yang mga kababayan nio na HINDI anak ng anak na sanhi ng pagdaami ng squatters at basuura..kaya laalo pumapangit yang bnsa nio eh..Itong pelikula na to ay REPLEXION lng ng 1 porsiento ng lipunan..habang karamihan..isang kahig isang tuka...npka PRETENTIOUS niong mga pepeno..dapat AASIKASUHIN nio muna yang bnsa nio-IMBIIS na nagpapangap kayo samga ganiang klaseng pelikula..kakatawa kayo!!
JosephGibblet13 2 days ago



God ganda nito..ang lupit ng mga lines....galing...
ulygen21 2 days ago


nice.. based on reaLity LOL :)))
Eileen Gabriel 3 days ago


my gosh,its one of the best movie i will ever see..
so touching..people are really doing their best to
get the person they love..she is so brave. ang galing nila bea and john..
leizelxiah 3 days ago



i like this movie, a must watch! atleast may spank, kakaiba naman for bea and jL.:)
jnaella 3 days ago


your comment just shows how shallow minded you are.
SuperMhyk in reply to MXbrunoMX135 (Show the comment) 3 days ago


MXbrunoMX135 commented 3 days ago
dapat kasi di na gumagawa ng ganitong klaseng movie.. kaya dumarami ang gumagawa ng mali kasi akala nila nagiging tama dahil ginawan nga ng movie.. hahays..




My bet is that yes it will be a hit.

God help us all.




Wasnt there a movie like this already made starring Dindo Fernando, Vilma Santos and Hilda Koronel?
WTF?!



Oh wait, The Mistress is a "Love-Square" (if I have P10 for everytime I heard this when I was in Star Cinema, I would be a millionaire by now). Glad they finally made a "Love-Square" movie, that'll stop them for saying this 10,000 times more.