My Future You Review – Francine Diaz, Seth Fedelin
My Future You review from Regal Entertainment and stars Francine Diaz and Seth Fedelin, directed by Crisanto B Aquino. The film opens December 25.
My Future You tells the story of Lex and Karen, young adults who carry their own baggage and issues who are suddenly matched by an online dating app (with a little special help from a comet that looms in the background or in the sky rather). The pair hit it off and start a budding wholesome romance despite only conversing through the dating site but will this love be enough?
Ok that wasn’t the synopsis really but that’s as much I can put down without spoiling the entire film. The film is definitely a teeny bopper so expect that there’s just so many scenes that will try to generate “kilig”.
First off I wanted to dispel the initial notion that the film was heavily lifting from Makoto Shinkai’s “Kimi no Nawa” aka “Your Name”. I was under the impression but thats not really the case. Sure there’s that comet hovering over and that bit about communicating through time but that’s where My Future You deviates. The film doesn’t have a town that gets destroyed nor does it have that whole body swapping aspect. What it does is share similarities to stuff like “Butterfly Effect” and “About Time”.
The pairing of Fedelin and Diaz have grown tremendously and in this film, you can see that not have they matured and improved, they have also grown their acting together being able to effectively deliver lines. Under the watchful eyes of the film’s director Crisanto B Aquino, the pair actually are able to hook the viewers in and move them as to feel something. Also expect some cheesy lines here and there but they steer towards the positive, almost bubble gum and that’s OK for this genre.
Seth Fedelin here brought more to the table as he does a good job of portraying Alex. He understood the assignment and he definitely nailed the part of this 2009 young man with this artist vibe to him. Francine Diaz as a modern, 2024 kinda gal was also perfect. There were some scenes that she was very charming as a young woman who struggles with her home life and some personal hangups. I remember there was this one scene where she gets surprising news and she had to appear happy although deep inside the news killed her and you can see that the young actress really did a great job nailing the emotions in that bit. Both of them were able to carry the film forward towards a satisfying ending. And through the second and third act, they will make you feel something whether its tear up or empathize.
Without giving it away the plot does go hard in talking about heavy stuff like divorce and adoption and loneliness in general. But they did want to go for a positive and happy tone and it does get that ending that fans deserve and want. I was already beginning to think that we fans would be deprived of lovey-dovey kilig moments but trust me its there. You just have to be patient if you’re a big fan of Francine and Seth.
I did like the plot twist of that 15 years and how his actions affected her life directly and in such a big way and then the writing actually takes the time to show us what happens if things did not pan out the way they did. Think of Marvel’s Sacred Timeline or Nexus events that can never be overturned or reversed and they have to happen. It’s pretty great if you think about it.
Supporting cast was also exceptional and I have to give props to all of them for making the scenes and the film a bit more special for the characters. Also since I’m a “Batang Batibot”, Kuya Bodjie being here is such a nice Christmas treat.
Lastly the camera work and shots were really good especially scenes that tied the two time-crossed lovers in one cultural landmark at different years. The visual effects were also OK for me but the sweeping shots and zooming shots are *chefs kiss*, so props to the production team for doing that. You can really see that everybody worked extra hard to nail those.
RATING: A
