Wake Up Little Susie (film)

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Wake Up Little Susie
Directed byLuciano B. Carlos
Written by Jose Javier Reyes
Starring
CinematographyGener Buenaseda
Edited byEfren Jarlego
Music by Vehnee Saturno
Production
company
Release date
  • April 27, 1988 (1988-04-27)
Country Philippines
Languages

Wake Up Little Susie is a 1988 Filipino comedy film directed by Luciano B. Carlos and starring the comedy trio of Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto and Joey de Leon alongside child actress Ice Seguerra as the titular character. The film also stars Lotlot de Leon, Ramon Christopher, Kristina Paner, Cris Villanueva, Manilyn Reynes and Janno Gibbs. Produced by Regal Films, it was released on April 27, 1988.

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Critic Lav Diaz gave the film a mixed review, criticizing its unoriginality and the unnecessary addition of musical scenes involving love teams while commending the hilarity of Tito, Vic and Joey.

Plot

Inmates David, Napoleon and Alexander are in jail due to a frameup, but a scuffle during a morning exercise routine gives them the opportunity to escape. As they run from the authorities, they meet Susie Seguerra, a child who is also on the run from men who want to kidnap her. The trio then try to take care of Susie while they evade capture as fugitives.

Cast

Production

Ice Seguerra (then named Aiza) received his first film role in Wake Up Little Susie after winning the Little Miss Philippines competition in 1987. [1]

Release

Wake Up Little Susie was released on April 27, 1988. [2] [3]

Regal Films made the film available for streaming on YouTube without charge on May 6, 2020. [4]

Critical response

Lav Diaz, writing for the Manila Standard , gave the film a mixed review. He largely criticized the film for copying its story from the then-to-be-released American film Three Men and a Baby , stating that "this is a very big insult to us because Pinoys already have the ability to make something original." Diaz also disparaged the scenes of singing and dancing given to the film's love teams (de Leon-Christopher, Paner-Villanueva and Reynes-Gibbs), which he found unnecessary and inserted only "to make their fans scream." He admitted, however, that Jose Javier Reyes's script and the comedic performances of Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto and Joey de Leon managed to recover the film from its faults. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Calderon, Nora (February 9, 2020). "Pagiging Box-Office Queen ni Xia kinukuwestiyon?!". Pang-Masa (in Filipino). Philstar Global Corp. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Movie Guide". Manila Standard . Standard Publications, Inc. April 27, 1988. p. 11. Retrieved November 1, 2022. CAPRI.............Wake Up Little Susie
  3. ↑ "Movie Guide". Manila Standard . Standard Publications, Inc. April 26, 1988. p. 10. Retrieved November 1, 2022. CAPRI.................Urban Terrorist
  4. ↑ Regal Entertainment, Inc. (May 6, 2020). WAKE UP LITTLE SUSSIE: Aiza Seguerra, Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto & Joey de Leon | Full Movie. YouTube . Google, LLC . Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  5. ↑ Diaz, Lav. "Isa pang sirkus" [Another circus]. Manila Standard (in Filipino). Standard Publications, Inc. p. 14. Napakalaking insulto ito sa atin dahil may kakanyahan naman ang Pinoy na gumawa ng orihinal.


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