i have watch this film several year back and when i finally land in a place where there be million of ofws and i felt compel to write a review of it even though i believe no one would even bother read it . i have to be frank to say that the producer of this movie try to beat the emotional punch of ofws and some 7 million of them in 2000 and to make sure that they have a fan base that would solidly usher this movie to box office revenue and critical acclaim . but one could clearly see right through the motif of the producer that they intend on get money even if it mean prey on the emotional vulnerability of ofws . they have stick on such an idea that they have discard the essential point in movie making . first and the dialog and conversation flow be downright ridiculous . they be talk so fast a if they be in a hurry . even if the movie cast very good actor and vilma santos and cherry pie picache and to mention a few and it just really can not make up for a bad set of dialog while it even make them appear laughable . just bad and shallow and unlife like dialog . the untalented writer even attempt to make the movie appear intense by drench the dialog with offensive and obscene expletive even in scene that do not really need them . this shallow style of scriptwriting make this movie a lot more unbearable a there be unnecessary remark in a lot of wrong place . the character of the protagonist be poorly conceive and clichéd and just plain and vividly shallow . why would you despise your mother and who and from previous countless account of domestic helper and have be endure unimaginable work condition in other country and just because she miss or unintentionally fail to reply to your letter . how shallow do that plot go . if this description need a metaphorical comparison and it should be that this story must have be write by a 4th grader for his short story requirement . i do not understand why such shallow ( pardon the over usage ) concoction pass out a a plot for a movie . maybe the producer also think of the audience a shallow and there be no need to go deeper . honestly in my opinion and they may be quite right . but it be not right to follow the audience lead . the movie maker should always be the one raise the bar . second and some angle be terrible . some perspective be so focus on capture the intense emotional portrayal of the actor that the important element in the background be obliterate . again and bad directing . the director just doesn not know what he or she be do or be it even correct to call her or him a director . third and many scene be superfluous and unrealistic . in a certain scene and the mother be grab the daughter and wouldn not let go of her for no reason even if the daughter have no plan of go anywhere . this bad situation be so forcefully implement so that it would appear that they be wrestle . on top of it and the people cheer a if they be watch a wrestling derby . how shallow and mindless of a plot be that that it just make me cringe . we know that when people argue and especially if it involve someone who be a senior and spectator would tend to keep their mouth shut and retreat to the side . the people involve in the writing of this script obviously do not know what the reality of human psychology and sociology be . they just write it so that they have something to write . truly and they obviously lack the necessary education and talent . they do not even bother to do a little research . they just have the stupid idea in order to have something to call a story . i still have yet to see a movie that doesn not capitalize so much on the manipulation of emotion for the purpose of amass revenue . while it be true that movie making be also dictate by economic tide and it be also important not to leave out the essential and artistic aspect of make it . the philippine cinema be not actually young but it seem to be dot and become more and more immature while many watcher have become more and more intelligent .