Crazy Beautiful YOU (2015)

Sometimes, though we don't expect to find love, it's the one that finds us. In "Crazy Beautiful You," we are introduced to Jackie (Kathryn Bernardo), whose rebellious spirit forces her mother (Lorna Tolentino) to take her in a medical mission in Tarlac in hopes that she'd turn for the better. There, Jackie meets a jolly lad named Kiko (Daniel Padilla), who will make sure she gets all her tasks done. In the middle of his mission, he and Jackie will discover something crazy... and beautiful. Directed by Mae Cruz-Alviar ("She's the One," "Bride for Rent," "Past Tense"), "Crazy Beautiful You" also stars Gabby Concepcion and Iñigo Pascual.--- Words from Star Cinema

CRAZY BEAUTIFUL YOU is a team effort because EVERYONE did great(from the story, direction, acting...everything), yes, but I am glad to report to you, my readers, that in my opinion, this is the best KathNiel team-up...so far.

The crater lake found in Mount Pinatubo is glorious and the shots were beautiful.  A very, very beautiful disaster. 

Kathryn Bernardo has gone a long, long way from being Cielo as a child in "It Might Be You", Bulinggit in "Krystala", young Carina in the localised "Vietnam Rose", Maya in Super Inggo with her famous line, "Mga difficult kasi kayo!"(just click the link to see what I mean), and many other roles here and there .    
As she grew older, she, like her best friend Julia Montes, has honed her craft.  I think she even worked out a lot and studied Capoeira, a Portuguese dance/martial arts, to prepare for this role.   Judging from her graceful, but fierce moves, and her TV ad for a popular sanitary napkin brand, it is safe to surmise that she did. Later on I checked if she did,  and found this video: Capoeira is so fun.
Here, as Jackie, she is almost perfect.  I say almost because she kept fixing her hair.  It's just so distracting.  Why did she have to do that? Well, that's just very, very minimal because, for me, she internalized her role well.  Oh, another thing, she's supposed to be a KFC endorser, but she didn't finish her food.  It's a good thing that DJ had some presence of mind and just put her left over in the fridge. OK, she probably ate a piece too much already.  Anyways, besides her great and almost flawless acting, she is also super gorgeous here.  The title role suits her to a T(maybe except for the crazy part). 
Daniel Padilla was awesome as Kiko.  Just as I was amazed with him in She's Dating the Gangster, I am very impressed here.  He truly is a thespian.  I also think that his singing is also improving little by little.
Gabby Concepcion is really so handsome and his eyes are so expressive.  He could have done better if he had a bigger role, but hey, he's still an asset here.
Iñigo Pascual is more than his father's son.  He is a natural.  He should be given meatier roles in the future. :-)  
I also noticed Cacai Bautista, Kiray Celis, Neil Coleta, Thou Reyes, Menggie Cobbarubias, The Taruk Community Families, Dante Ponce, Hyubs Azarcon, Bryan Santos(What's with the hair? He's still handsome anyways), JM Ibañez, Cheska Iñigo, Andrea Brillantes and Tippy Dos Santos.  Of course, every role is important.  The two cute orphans were brilliant too.  I'm just sorry because I forgot their names/roles.  I also forgot the name of Cacai's role.
Inah Estrada and Loisa Andalio's cameos were relevant, but I hope they were given bigger roles.  I was waiting for them to join the outreach/mission or something.  When they did not reappear, I blurted, "That's it?"  
Assunta de Rossi is a good actress, so I hope she could get another great role like the one in BEAUTY IN A BOTTLE because her role here is definitely not, but she still did good anyways.  She plays Kiko's mother here(all her children have different fathers) and I was really touched by the scene where Kiko needed a mother and she hugged him.
I am guessing that she was probably around 14 years old when she had Kiko, judging on her appearance.      Sigh.

Even if this is not perfect, this very crazy, beautiful movie is worth watching again and again and again.  Yes.  It's so worth the money!

Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now Interpreted by Daniel Padilla featuring Morissette Words & Music by Albert Hammond and Diane Warren Music Production by Jonathan Manalo

Kudos to the cast and crew!  I reiterate.  In MY opinion, you ALL did great!  

From WIKIPEDIA:

• Lorna Tolentino as Dra. Lea Serrano, Jackie's mother
• Gabby Concepcion as Mayor Ito Alcantara
• Kathryn Bernardo as Jacqueline 'Jackie' Serrano
• Daniel Padilla as Kiko Alcantara
• Gabby Concepcion as Mayor Ito Alcantara, Kiko's father
• Assunta de Rossi as Kiko and siblings' mother
• Iñigo Pascual as Marcus Alcantara
• Cheska Iñigo as Ellen
• Dante Ponce as Lea's Husband
• Cacai Bautista  
• Bryan Santos as John, Jackie's older brother
• Hyubs Azarcon
• Kiray Celis as Julie
• Neil Coleta
• Thou Reyes
• Menggie Cobarrubias
• JM Ibañez as Tintoy, Kiko's younger brother
• Andrea Brillantes as Nene, Kiko's younger sister
• Inah Estrada as Lea's husband's daughter
• Loisa Andalio as Lea's husband's daughter
• Dominic Roque
• Chienna Filomeno
• Tippy Dos Santos as Marcus' older sister

Directed by	Mae Czarina Cruz-Alviar
Produced by	John Leo D. Garcia Carmi Raymundo Malou N. Santos Charo Santos-Concio
Written by	Rory B. Quintos
Screenplay by	Bianca B. Bernardino Maan Dimaculangan Jancy E. Nicolas Carmi Raymundo
Starring	Kathryn Bernardo Daniel Padilla
Music by	Jesse Lucas
Cinematography	Moises Lee Dan Villegas
Edited by	Marya Ignacio
Production company	Star Cinema Productions ABS-CBN Film Productions
Distributed by	Star Cinema
Release dates	February 25, 2015
Country	Philippines
Language	Filipino English