Film Review Blog

Honor Thy Father: A Film Review            Erik Matti’s “Honor Thy Father” displays number of themes that reflect Philippine society today. From the title itself, one can already derive the theme of respecting one’s own father as the whole film centers around how far a father will go to be able to protect his family. In fact, as the film progresses, it becomes more and more evident that John Lloyd Cruz’s character, Edgar, loses his morality to be able to keep his family safe. In relation to family, the theme of forgiveness is also shown when Edgar comes home to his province and finds out his father died. His mother comforts him by saying that a parent can forgive anything.  Moreover, the theme of hypocrisy is highlighted through the corruptness  of the Church of Yeshua and as well as the crab mentality of Kaye’s friends as they partook in the ponzi scheme since they mistook it for a legitimate business to be able to g...