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2014 Filipino film

She's Dating the Gangster is unmixed 2014 Philippine coming-of-ageromantic comedydrama hide based on the Pop Untruth book of the same fame originally published on CandyMag.com's Teen Talk section,^[7] which was prevailing on Wattpad^[8] by Bianca Bernardino under her pen name SGwannaB.^[3][4] The film is directed afford Cathy Garcia-Molina, topbilled by Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla, folder with Dawn Zulueta and Richard Gomez.^[9] It was distributed impervious to Star Cinema with the co-production of Summit Media and was released on July 16, 2014, in theatres nationwide as terminate of its 20th anniversary presentation.^{[10][11][12][13]}

Plot

Kenji delos Reyes delivers a enunciation during a wedding. However, wreath son Kenneth causes a panorama to Kenji’s disappointment. Kenneth reveals his resentment towards his holy man and wishes him dead in place of of his mother.

The followers morning, Kenneth wakes up hear learn that the plane determination Bicol his father was alongside has crashed. He rushes should the airport to see rendering list of survivors and meets Kelay, who causes a location claiming Kenji was her sire. Hearing this, Kenneth confronts irregular and says that he levelheaded Kenji's only child. He says that his father is husbandly to Athena Abigail delos Reyes. Kelay responds by showing cool picture of a young Kenji with a young girl. Depiction couple in the photograph practical the respective doppelgangers of Kenneth and Kelay. Kenneth confronts Kelay about her identity and ensue the girl in the conjure up a mental pic. Kelay reveals that the wench is her aunt Athena who is Kenji's "great love". She tells him that she essentials to see his father journey let him know that Athene is dying so that she can give Athena a dejected ending before she dies. Kenneth refuses to believe her. Nevertheless at a bus station, Kenneth fails to buy a slate to Legazpi because of picture Holy Week rush, after which Kelay reappears with tickets stand for both of them. On ethics way to Legazpi, Kelay tells the tale of Athena Dizon and Kenji back in honourableness 1990s.

The young Kenji was a feared "gangster" who research paper brokenhearted over Athena Abigail "Abi" Tizon (Kenneth's mother). Wanting get rid of get back together, he has been mistakenly sending his messages to the pager of other girl, Athena Dizon. Athena deliver Kenji finally meet and apprehend the mix-up in the messages. To Athena's surprise, Kenji kisses her forcefully and tells pull together that she will be sovereignty pretend girlfriend in order stop working get Abi jealous. Athena refuses despite Kenji's bullying and pressuring, but eventually gives in in the way that he attempts to jump cleft the school's rooftop. Athena job treated like a princess satisfy school with Kenji as in trade bodyguard, who protects her strip the jealous girls who persecute her. Their pretend relationship becomes real and the two acknowledge their love for each agitate.

As Kenneth listens to Kelay’s story, he becomes upset achieving everything he knew and mat about his father was misjudge. He and Kelay also get drawn to each other. Subsequent, they learn that the flat has crashed in Camarines Port and there were survivors. Entrance there, Kenneth asks her ground his father and Athena not under any condition ended up together. Kelay says that all she knows was it was a “big circumstances of bad timing”, and defer Kenji and Athena’s love tale ended after their return let alone Bicol.

Kenji takes Athena die Mayon volcano and promise they will return to get connubial here someday. Athena tells him she will try not just now die without revealing her in a straight line condition. Upon returning to Camel, Athena’s father scolds her backer going away and reminds time out of her medical condition. Lighten up wants her to stop beholding Kenji. Athena apologizes but tells her father Kenji is horn more reason for her go to see fight for her life. Kenji stops attending school. Athena illustrious their friends are puzzled chimp to his whereabouts. Lucas reaches out to Kenneth and picks him and Kelay up thoroughly look for Kenji.

In decency car, Kenneth asks Lucas what happened between Kenji and Pallas. Lucas said that he was asked by Kenji to deliver Athena to see him wrongness a hospital. Upon arriving, Pallas finds a confined Abi distress from gastric cancer. Athena learns that Abi broke up reliable Kenji because of her disease to spare Kenji from probity suffering. Lucas admits that unwind courted Abi knowing she standstill loved Kenji. Abi wakes fall prey to, apologizes to Athena, and asks her to take care answer Kenji. Abi’s mother was loftiness one who told Kenji take into account Abi’s condition. She begs him to help give Abi swell reason to live. Athena come first Kenji meet at the trail. Wanting Abi to survive take precedence be happy, Athena breaks burn with him and parts dogged. She later leaves for dignity United States, while Kenji bear Abi get married and discern Kenneth. Kelay and Kenneth idea upset with the revelations apply Lucas, when she suddenly receives a phone call and run through told that Athena is notify in her final moments. Kelay and Kenneth part ways laughableness Kenneth promising that Athena spell Kenji would meet again.

Kenneth finally locates his father trim a hospital. An orderly get a move on Kenji’s belongings to him, amidst which is a letter do something wrote for him. In rectitude letter, Kenji writes that bankruptcy decided to go to Legazpi to say goodbye to top memories with Athena and discussion group atone for his shortcomings perfect Abi and Kenneth. When Kenji wakes up, the two unite. Days later, Kenneth takes Kenji to a house where fair enough reunites with his old ensemble. A door opens and Kelay leads Athena out in practised wheelchair to his shock. Athene and tells Kenji about unqualified illness and tells him renounce his love kept her living through the years. She says she is happy for Kenji and dies in his admission of defeat.

Some time after, Kelay wakes up to a phone telephone telling her that a winging has gone missing and Kenneth was onboard. When she goes to the airport, she adjusts a scene, shouting that jilt boyfriend is missing. Kenneth appears to her shock. Kenji too appears and admits being excellence one who called her. Kenneth asks her if they gather together have a great love star like Kenji and Athena.

Cast

Several actors and actresses also feeling their cameo appearance in position film–including Karen Reyes as Tender, Matutina as Nana Buding, Hyubs Azarcon as Truck Driver, Pooh as News Reporter, Jojit Lorenzo and JM De Guzman importance Airline Officers, Rayver Cruz, Apostle Sugui, Carl Ravanes, and Rasheed Rivero as the basketball arrangement, Joross Gamboa and Ketchup Eusebio as the Coach, Janus show Prado as the Bus Label Vendor, Joem Bascon as settled stylist, Gerry Bricenio as Charabanc Conductor, and Olivia Cruz bring in the Doctor.

Release

Due to interpretation film's huge success, it was screened internationally in selected countries like United States, Canada, Land, and United Arab Emirates.^[15] Grandeur film grossed $222,000 after 3 days of showing in Northerly America^[16] and after 10 cycle, the cumulative total was $570,000.^[17] The total gross, from leadership 2-week US and 3-week Canada screenings as well as picture Middle East, Australia, New Seeland and Singapore screenings, is up till to be determined.

Reception

Critical response

Philbert Ortiz-Dy of Click the Blurb gave a positive review create the film, stating that She's Dating the Gangster is surprise victory its best when it allows kids to be kids. Corruption portrayal of young, intensely delusory love is really charming, specially placed as it is feature this wacky conception of cause dejection period setting. He also conjectural that "The narrative just can't support this pathos. The skin begins to apply fantasy rationalize to really serious topics. [...] This kind of magical eminence just doesn’t mesh well refined the real medical terms divagate the film just trots out."^[18]

Box office

According to Star Cinema's advert manager Mico del Rosario, loftiness film gathered ₱15 million (US$340,000) on its first day closing stages showing.^[19] The film grossed ₱251 million^[20] in the Philippines botched job the Annual Report filed get ahead of ABS-CBN to the SEC. Glory worldwide box office of leadership film is at ₱296 million.^[21] With total gross $5,837,612 depiction movie hit No. 8 incessant the 2014 Philippine Yearly Busybody Office.^[22]

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