There were only six people watching! Perhaps it was because it was mid-week and mid-day, showing in several hundred theaters at the same time. вЂњFelix ManaloвЂќ is a work of art, and a monumental epic, and that alone, should be enough for it to deserve attention.The minute the moviehouse sold tickets we were in line, the second вЂњgroupвЂќ to make it to the first showing of вЂњFelix Manalo.вЂќ But unlike the record breaking premier it had at the Philippine Arena, our first day showing at RobinsonвЂ™s Pioneer was nothing close. While the film itself has barely piled up all the blocks of its looming ambitions, in place, it has delivered some striking sentiments, that may not always be relatable, especially to non-INCвЂ™s, but strong enough for recommendation. To say that this film is created as IglesiaвЂ™s way to further strengthen its stronghold and attrack non-members into its fold, may be inevitable. Bela PadillaвЂ™s characterвЂ™s transitions are more polished, IвЂ™d say, but with Dennis TrilloвЂ™s, I couldnвЂ™t really say some commendations. The original score is also worth-noting, having provided a haunting atmosphere, enough to magnify the intention of the most emotional moments.ДЄs for some flaws, one that distracts me the most is the inconsistency in prosthetics.

The production is commendable in its choices, particularly its costumes and other crucial elements like architecture and language. In some portions, the camera shots scream with some sweeping appeal, and the shift of tones of colors when the timeline jumps to the 50вЂ™s is done with evident attention. The palettes are very appropriate and have provided an effective enforcement of different milleus used for the ever changing settings of the proceedings. One of the strongest points of the film, perhaps, is its visuals. His magic and charm work when he needs to, often when he has to speak those long speeches, even shrugging those instances when he has to keep himself mum and his bare hands folded to fists and hold himself back, in fear of Japanese forces having his followers killed and his very own throat, cut.

Save the fact that the screenplay seems to have deliberately avoided to wisk the character with some moral flaw, to make it more human, Dennis Trillo has delivered every possible emotions to make his character credible. Most of the supporting actors are good for almost only one frame exposure, that dispensing with them may still not affect carrying out the expositionвЂ™s motives.Д«ut the biggest star of the film, is no doubt the player of the titular character, himself, Dennis Trillo. There are some awkwardly inserted plotlines that may be necessary but placed at wrong places, and are more effective only at disrupting the seamless progression of the story rather than enforcing them. In some parts, such number works in delivering some crucial moments of the churchвЂ™s history, but looses complete sense in the entirity of its 3 hr-run. There are atleast, a hudred of stars, gathered to pull off this stellar production. He hops from one religion to another in search of the вЂњtrue churchвЂќ he insists should only follow what is written in the bible, until he finally establishes the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ), an act he claims to be a mere restoration of the true church that Jesus Christ, himself, founded in the 1st century. For most of his young life, Manalo is a devout Roman Catholic, but he eventually grows dissatisfied by the churchвЂ™s teachings, which leads to a major turning pointвЂ“leaving the Catholic faith. Opening in the rural countryside of Tipas in Taguig, вЂњFelix ManaloвЂќ begins with Mylene DizonвЂ™s character delivering a childвЂ“our titular character, Felix Manalo.

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