Relaks, It's Just Pag-ibig

Relaks, It's Just Pag-ibig (Relax, It's Just Love) is a 2014 Filipino romantic comedy film starring real life father-and-son Piolo Pascual and Iñigo Pascual, Julian Estrada, and Sofia Andres. It was directed by Antoinette Jadaone who was also behind the films Beauty in a Bottle and That Thing Called Tadhana. It was also the debut film of the newbie artists Pascual, Estrada and Andres.

Relaks, It's Just Pag-ibig
Film poster
Directed by
Written by
  • Antoinette Jadaone
  • Irene Villamor
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDan Villegas
Edited by
  • Joyce Bernal
  • Marla Ancheta
  • Chrisel Galeno-Desuasido
Production
company
Distributed byStar Cinema
Release date
  • November 12, 2014 (2014-11-12)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryPhilippines
Languages
  • Filipino
  • English
Box office₱4.9 million[1]

The film was given five perfect stars by the critics from the local film reviewer website ClickTheCity.com, and rated PG by MTRCB.[2] The film was also given Graded A by the Cinema Evaluation Board.[3] It also received positive responses from film watchers and became a trending topic on the social networking site Twitter during its first day of showing.[4]

Summary

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The story of Relaks, It's Just Pag-ibig revolves around a 16-year-old girl named Sari (Sofia Andres) who picked up a love letter written by a certain man named Elias, dedicated to a woman named Salome. Sari wanted to meet the two under the blue moon in a beach in Leyte. She dragged Josh (Iñigo Pascual), a non-believer in love, in her journey, and also her best friend Kiko (Julian Estrada), who is secretly in love with Sari.

Cast

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Main cast

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Supporting cast

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Box office

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The film was considered a moderate success, considering that the three main leads of the film were not relatively known to audiences, especially Iñigo Pascual. The film ultimately earned ₱10,954,361 ($110,562) at the box-office.

References

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  1. ^ "Philippines Yearly Box Office 2014". Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  2. ^ "Relaks, It's Just Pag-ibig (2014)". ClickTheCity.com. Philippines: Surf Shop, Inc. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  3. ^ "'Relaks, It's Just Pag-ibig' graded A by the CEB". Star Cinema. Philippines: ABS-CBN Corporation. November 12, 2014. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  4. ^ "Netizens give 'Relaks, It's Just Pag-ibig' a thumbs up". Star Cinema. Philippines: ABS-CBN Corporation. November 13, 2014. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
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