Moron 5 and the Crying Lady

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Moron 5 and the Crying Lady
Moron 5 and the Crying Lady.jpg
Theatrical movie poster
Directed by Wenn V. Deramas
Written by
  • Mel Mendoza-Del Rosario
  • Wenn V. Deramas
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyElmer Despa
Edited byMarya Ignacio
Music byJessie Lasaten
Production
companies
Distributed byViva Films
Release date
  • April 7, 2012 (2012-04-07)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryPhilippines
Languages
  • Filipino
  • English
Box office₱64,642,363.00

Moron 5 and the Crying Lady is a 2012 Filipino comedy film directed by Wenn V. Deramas, [1] starring Luis Manzano, DJ Durano, Martin Escudero, Billy Crawford, Marvin Agustin, and John Lapus. It was released on April 7, 2012, and was distributed by Viva Films. A sequel, Moron 5.2: The Transformation , was released on November 5, 2014.

Contents

It tells the story of five friends who are depicted to be stupid. They cross paths with a woman (Lapus) who has a grudge against them, so much that the woman, [2] will do anything to bring them down. They are able to track down Becky's lair in an old mansion wherein she has a bodyguard named Carding. Unbeknowst to the five friends, Becky is disguising as the owner, maid, female child and the houseboy. One night, while searching for food, one of their friends crossed paths with Becky (disguising as a maid) and Carding having sweet moments in the kitchen. After the couple went upstairs, Carding initiated a wild night with Becky inside the bedroom. To her distress, Becky accidentally revealed herself as the houseboy known to Carding leading her to kill him and hide him behind the sheets.

Plot

Half-witted longtime friends Albert (Luis Manzano), Isaac (Billy Crawford), Mozart "Mo" (DJ Durano), Michaelangelo "Mike" (Martin Escudero) and Aristotle "Aris" (Marvin Agustin) were used to living moronic yet pretty normal and hassle-free lives until successful careerwoman Beckie Pamintuan (John Lapus) accused them of killing her father and ruin everything for them after the 5 of them spills the truth about her Japanese husband on their wedding making him realized that Becky was gay causing him to die from faint. The Moron 5 are more than sure of their innocence but for the life of them, they can't find any single satisfactory argument on how to prove it especially when their opponent would do everything to punish them for whim. Spending three miserable years in prison trying different failed comedic attempts to get out, they finally figured a way to escape. They stalked Beckie and tried to understand why she's fighting so hard to have them imprisoned when it's clear as day that what happened three years ago was a nonsense frame-up. An opportunity came when Beckie's driver got fired for having an affair with her maid and Albert volunteered to apply to replace him. He infiltrated the Pamintuan Residence and together with his four crazily daft friends, they've gathered information about the curious family yet to them, it isn't making any sense at all especially Becky's unexplained hatred to the five of them. Why is Beckie fighting so hard to have them suffer? The Moron 5 will try harder to know and hopefully understand what's really going on although little did they know that by doing so, everything that they hold dear might be at risk. [3]

Cast

Sequel

A sequel, Moron 5.2: The Transformation, was released on November 5, 2014. All lead stars but one reprised their roles in the original movie. Matteo Guidicelli joined the cast as Michael Angelo, replacing Martin Escudero. In an interview from Viva Entertainment YouTube Video, Guidicelli stressed that the character's (previously played by Escudero) face was accidentally burnt. His face was surgically restored in the story, following Guidicelli's face. [4] The theatrical release was on November 5, 2014.

Filming

The filming began in December 2011 and wrapped up in January 2012.

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References

  1. ↑ "Why Moron 5 and The Crying Lady is a 'first' for direk Wenn". The Philippine STAR . Retrieved June 22, 2012.
  2. ↑ "PEP REVIEW: Moron 5 and the Crying Lady offers hilarious moments courtesy of John Lapus | Guide | PEP.ph: The Number One Site for Philippine Showbiz". Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Moron 5 and the Crying Lady | Comedy". Archived from the original on May 2, 2012. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
  4. ↑ Matteo as new cast member of Moron 5.2!. YouTube . Archived from the original on December 11, 2021.
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