Bride for Rent is a 2014 Philippine romantic comedy film directed by Mae Czarina Cruz starring Kim Chiu and Xian Lim. It was produced by Star Cinema as the opening salvo for this year. The film achieved many milestones including becoming the second-biggest Filipino best-selling romantic comedy of all time after Required Men and Women It Takes A Men and Women and Praybeyt Benjamin respectively, as well as January's best-selling movie-was released all the time in the country.
The film achieved critical and commercial success, generating over PHP 21.2 million pesos on its opening day and breaking PHP's 200 million pesos on the 8th day. This movie trailer became a viral hit before the film premier grabbed over 2 million views on January 25, 2014 and is often part of a local Twitter trend topic during the run. It also received an average grade of 7.5/10 on IMDB and 3.9/5 in Rotten Tomatoes with 73% liking the film on February 12th. It was rated "B" by the Cinema Evaluation Board and rated PG by MTRCB.
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Plot
Rocco Espiritu (Xian Lim) and Rocky Dela Cruz (Kim Chiu) have one thing in common: they both need money, fast.
On the eve of his 25th birthday, on the day he is set to receive money from his trust fund, Rocco, drunk, and loses all his money in a poker match. Now he must generate the sum, otherwise he will lose the client he needs to beat his father's TV commercial production company. Meanwhile, Rocky also needs money to pay the rent, otherwise his family will become homeless.
The only way for Rocco to get money from his trust fund is to meet the requirements set by his grandmother and that is to get married.
That's when he meets Rocky who agrees to act as his fake wife in return for "talent cost." With Rocco's seductive bid and Rocky's need for money, the two sealed the deal.
When Rocky and Rocco live their married life, problems come one after another thus, they are forced to reconcile their differences and work with each other. But the real complication begins when the feelings begin to grow between them. Whether they can make their employment agreement or whether they fall victim to their own scheme and turn their entire pretense into something real
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Cast
Starring
- Kim Chiu as Racquelita "Rocky" Dela Cruz
- Xian Lim as Roderico "Rocco" Espiritu.
Support player
- Pilita Corrales as Lala Avelina Corazon
- Dennis Padilla as Papsi/Nitoy Dela Cruz
- Martin del Rosario as Mik Antonio
- Empoy Marquez as Javier
- Matt Evans as Onyok Dela Cruz
- Eda Nolan as Carding Wife
- Anita Linda as Lola Czarina
- Tony Mabesa as Mr. Benjamin
- Alex Castro as Videoke Male Artist
- Helga Krapf as Gretchen
- Marlann Flores as Bekya
- Zeppi Borromeo as Iking Dela Cruz
- Lloyd Zaragoza as Carding Dela Cruz
- Gerald Pesigan as Mikoy Dela Cruz
- Santino Espinoza as Chin Dela Cruz
- Leo Rialp as Cito Romualdez
- Rj Ledesma as Atty. Marty Llamas
Guest cast
- Ivan Asuncion as Young Rocco
- Artemio C. Abad Jr. as Videoke Director
- Canon Loven as Marsique
- Patricia Prieto as Tricia
- Mark Mcmahon as Tricia's Husband
- Regine "Apan" T. Agra as Kukai
- Angel Remulla as Rocco's Mother
- Amelia Villaruel as Maricel
- Jackie Aquino as Rod's Wife
Participation specifically
- Tirso Cruz III as Roderico "Rod" Espiritu Sr. (Rocco's father)
- Bodie Cruz as Roderico Espiritu Sr. (picture of Rocco's father)
- Sir. & amp; Mrs. Eugene and Jacqueline Kaw as themselves
- Sir. & amp; Mrs. Gary and MM Bogarin as themselves
- Sir. & amp; Mrs. Nor and Pia Domingo as themselves
- Sir. & amp; Mrs. Ed and Baby Ferriol as themselves.
- Sir. & amp; Mrs. Robert and Dina Labayen as themselves
- Sir. & amp; Mrs. Nelson and Millie Villar as themselves
References
External links
- Official website
- Official Official Snippets on YouTube
- Bride for Rent in Internet Movie Database
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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