''Exes Baggage'' is a 2018 Philippine romantic

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Dan Villegas Dan Villegas is a Filipino cinematographer and director. He won the 2014 Metro Manila Film Festival Best Director award for his film ''English Only, Please''. He graduated from Ateneo de Manila University. He also took up film courses at the Marilo ...

, starring

Angelica Panganiban Angelica Panganiban (; born Angelica Jane David Charlson on November 4, 1986) is a Filipino-American actress, model, TV host and comedienne. Regarded as the new “Queen of Drama” by various media outlets, Panganiban is recognized as one of ...

and

Carlo Aquino Carlo Jose Liwanag Aquino (born 3 September 1985) is a Filipino actor and musician known for being the lead singer of the band Kollide and formerly of JCS with John Prats and Stefano Mori. Aquino achieved critical recognition for his performan ...

. The film was produced by

Black Sheep Productions Black Sheep Productions (or simply Black Sheep) is a Philippine film studio that is a subsidiary of ABS-CBN Film Productions, a division of ABS-CBN Corporation. Founded in 2018, the studio produces films that are situated in between independent fi ...

as their theatrical debut and is distributed by

ABS-CBN Films ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc. (doing business as Star Cinema or ABS-CBN Films) is a Filipino film studio and film and television production company and film distributor headquartered in Quezon City. It is one of the major film studios in th ...

The film also marks as Aquino and Panganiban's long-awaited reunion movie.

Plot

The story begins two years after the break up between Pia (

) and Nix Cabangon (

) and they were invited in the party made by the married couple Reyna (

Dionne Monsanto Dionne Monsanto-Stalder (born December 5, 1985) is a former Filipina actress. Career Monsanto appeared on '' Pinoy Big Brother: Season 2'' as a contestant in 2007. Monsanto entered on ''Day 12'' of the series, and was evicted on ''Day 77''. In th ...

) and Tops. It shows some flashbacks where Pia and Reyna gazed on Nix at the bar which leads Pia to begin their romantic relationship with Nix after they both explained their main problems about their exes and Nix's hospitality to her. As soon as Pia sees Migs (

Joem Bascon Joseph Emmanuel Bascon, popularly known by the stage name Joem Bascon, (born August 29, 1986) is a Filipino actor. He is currently a freelance actor under Regal Entertainment and Viva Artists Agency. Career Bascon's first relevance in the ent ...

) and his family at All Home, Nix became jealous which leads them to have a fall out with each other at their home and mentioned Nix's ex-girlfriend Dwein (

Coleen Garcia Danielle Claudine Ortega Garcia-Crawford (born September 24, 1992), known professionally as Coleen Garcia (, is a Filipino actress, host, and model. Garcia started her career as a child and teenager appearing in several commercials. She was eve ...

). Nix soon apologizes to Pia for his rash behavior and mentioning his ex. As Dwein showed up with Tops for the furnitures she wanted for Nix, this causes Pia to get jealous, realizing that Nix still have feelings for her and she was the main reason why Pia had broke up with Nix. Back at the present day, the two reintroduced themselves after their break up until Tops' announcement to have a second baby (calling Reyna as his first "baby") with Reyna as the band plays the song that Nix sang for Pia in their previous relationship. When both Pia and Nix almost kissed, it was revealed that Pia already has a boyfriend named Anton who called her to come home which causes Pia to leave the party. As Pia gets inside the car to drive home, Nix showed up to say goodbye to her while calling her car "Ogie" (Pia named it in the beginning of the film). Pia refuses to call back Anton and decides to reconcile with Nix.

Cast

as Pia *

as Nix *

as Reyna *

as Migs (Pia's ex-boyfriend) *

as Dwein (Nix's ex-girlfriend)

Release

The film released its one-minute teaser in the production company's

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page on August 4, 2018 and the video garnered almost 2 million views. The second teaser was released via the production company's Facebook page on September 1, 2018 where the theatrical released date is also revealed, releasing the film theatrically on September 26, 2018.

Reception

Box office

''Exes Baggage'' earned an estimated amount of ₱21.6 million on its first day of showing. As of October 5, 2018, the film earned ₱206,693,044.73 domestically. The film earned a total of ₱355.50 million in domestic and international showings as of October 23, 2018.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 8835552 2018 films Philippine romantic comedy films 2018 romantic comedy films