Chika Review Sessions | Miss Granny

Miss Granny, the Filipino movie adapted from a Korean film and starring triple threat superstar Sarah Geronimo, started slow. A frenzy of activities in a restaurant guided by a slow pan and lethargic voice over by the title character, Miss Fely.

It was possibly one of the most heartbreaking sequence of this movie, much more moving to me because I was seated next to my not-as-young-as-she-was mother. So alone in a crowded restaurant, she has just finished eating and has decided to pack up.

What a metaphor for where Miss Fely is, when I first met her. Her best years are done. She has raised a son, has had bursts of love with the births of grandchildren. Bur here she is now: alone and lonely amid a state of chaos. And then the audience sees her in all her ugly glory: abrasive, know-it-all, borderline bitch.

How will her life turn around when she magically transforms into her young self? The movie explores the magic with such realism, that I came away hating, feeling for, and then eventually cheering for Miss Fely.

Watch our chika review session on Miss Granny below: