Plot
Fely Malabao ( Nova Villa), a widow who works in a carinderia, and her close friend Bert ( Boboy Garovillo), who has known Fely since he was a young child, are the main characters in the story. Lulu ( Marissa Delgado) regularly makes fun of Fely for being close to Bert. Fely frequently criticizes Angie, her daughter-in-law, for a variety of reasons, including Angie's sinigang ( Lotlot De Leon. Despite how she treated Angie, she adores her grandkids, Jeboy (James Reid) and Hana, as well as her son Ramoncito (Nonie Buencamino) (Ataska Mercado). Angie blames her mother-in-law for her stress-related collapse one day. Following the doctor's advice to keep Angie's surroundings stress-free, Ramon offers that Fely, Angie's stress trigger, stay in a nursing home. Fely becomes furious after overhearing the family's conversation, but Jeboy later extends an invitation to lunch. Upon passing the Forever Young Photo Studio on her way to meet him, she runs into a photographer (Jojit Lorenzo) who offers to take a free portrait photo of her. Later, as she boards a bus, Fely chastises three other passengers for being overly loud. Fely is startled to discover that she has miraculously changed into her younger self during the quarrel when she notices her reflection in one of the passengers' sunglasses ( Sarah Geronimo). Fely then assumes the identity of Audrey de Leon while residing in a Bert-owned flat. Later, she joins her grandson's band as their main singer, unintentionally shifting their emphasis from metal to love songs. During one of the band's performances, Audrey performs a song in which she recounts her past. She relocated to Manila to support her son Ramoncito after her husband, a Navy sailor, passed away while on duty. Ramoncito suffers from a serious illness at one point and is on the verge of passing away until a complete stranger intervenes to save him. A musical talent scout named Lorenz ( Xian Lim) approaches Fely, posing as Audrey, during one of the band's performances and offers the group a chance to break into the mainstream. In the course of seeking for Fely with Ramoncito, Bert learns who Fely is when he comes upon the dentures he gave Audrey as a gift. Audrey is forced to acknowledge their mortality as elderly people after Lulu passes away. Bert notices that her youthful skin has returned to its wrinkled state after she suffers a little cut on her foot before a recording session, an indication that she is regressing into her current age. Bert attends to the wound, but is challenged by Bert's daughter Minnie ( Kim Molina), who orders Audrey to leave the apartment because she believes she is dating her father. She stays at Lorenz's house, where the two of them get along over old music.Lorenz's closeness to Audrey upsets Jeboy, and Audrey suspects that he might be attracted to her romantically. Since Jeboy is unaware that Audrey is his grandma, she rejects him. Lorenz informs the band that they must perform without Jeboy during the Summerslam Concert since he was critically injured after being hit by a car on his way to the stadium. Although Audrey initially objects, she ultimately agrees to play in order to keep Jeboy's band on the bill. Fely chooses to donate blood for Jeboy in the hospital with Bert and Ramoncito, who has at last learned of her identity, despite Bert's warnings that the results might be irreparable. She is given the option by Ramoncito to leave and lead the life she chooses, with the understanding that she will make an effort to improve upon the life she lived with him and his absent father. They cuddle after Fely somberly declares that she will always choose the life she had led as his mother. Fely then gives blood for her grandchild and returns to her age-appropriate human form. Fely and her family attend her grandson's concert after Jeboy's recovery while Hana serves as the band's new lead vocalist. Later, Fely is approached by an enigmatic motorbike rider ( Sam Concepcion), who turns out to be Bert, who had used the Forever Young Photo Studio to transform back into his younger self. Fely and Bert ride off after he presents her with a bunch of flowers.Cast
* Sarah Geronimo as Audrey de Leon / young Fely ** Nova Villa as Feliza "Fely" de Leon-Malabaño * Xian Lim as Lorenz Milleza * James Reid as Jeboy "Jebs" Malabaño *Soundtrack
Reception
The film set the record for the highest single day gross for a local movie released in 2018, gaining twenty million pesos on its fifth day of screening. While on its sixth day, the film gained another twenty million pesos. In less than ten days, the film reached the mark. Domestic gross reached on its third week.Awards and nominations
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* {{Joyce Bernal 2018 films 2018 comedy-drama films Films directed by Joyce Bernal Philippine comedy-drama films Philippine remakes of South Korean films 2010s Tagalog-language films Viva Films films CJ Entertainment films Films about rapid human age change