Fresh
There's nothing profoundly original here, but there's no denying the atmosphere of squalid authenticity.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Ma' Rosa
I'm your mother, sister, father, brother.
2016 · 1h 50m · N/A
Drama
Directed by
Brillante Ma Mendoza
Overview
Ma’ Rosa has four children. She owns a small convenience store in a poor section of Manila where everybody knows her. To make ends meet, Rosa and her husband, Nestor, resell small amounts of narcotics on the side. One day, they get arrested. Rosa’s children are ready to do anything to buy their parents’ freedom from the corrupt police.
Director and cast
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85%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Even Tangerine, the movie famously shot on an iPhone 5s, looks better. Not that a sharper image would much improve this chaotic portrait of police corruption.
Mike D'Angelo, AV Club
Fresh
Boasting a simple, coherent plot shot with real-time, handheld verismo, it's a work of understated confidence ...
Maggie Lee, Variety
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