Babe, I Love You Articles & Reviews - 1

"Babe I Love You" owes its charm to Anne Curtis
SHOWBIZ DRIBBLE By Salve V. Asis (The Freeman)
April 06, 2010

“Babe I Love You” is no different from the formulaic vehicles custom-made for today’s young heartthrobs. The story is straightforward, and the direction is creditable but not outstanding. Yet the film somehow acquires a charm of its own, thanks to Anne Curtis.

Anne does justice to her character, a streetsmart, gregarious girl who, by her own admission, is far from being flawless. She failed to go beyond high school, her hips are too wide, her lips are too thick, her manners are atrocious. Yet she has a sincerity that shines through and manages to win over Sam Milby, a prim and proper university professor who is up for promotion as vice dean.

Sam, on the other hand, stumbles in the emotional scenes, particularly during the confrontation with his mother, played by Laurice Guillen. But I’m sure his fans will hardly notice, since their attention would be fully focused on his washboard abs.

“Babe I Love You” may be predictable but it still is enjoyable.

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by Nel Alejandrino
Sunday, 04 April 2010 18:52

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Congratulations kina Anne Curtis at Sam Milby for the box-office success of their first movie together, Babe, I Love You.

The film, which also mark the movie directorial debut of Direk Mae Cruz and produced by Star Cinema, reportedly grossed a cool P12M.

Yup, P12M, when it opened last Black Saturday.

“Kaya nga, grinning from ear-to-ear si Boss Vic (del Rosario) ani June Torrejon, Viva Entertainment executive, which is co-producer of the movie.

“Kung sabagay, sa trailer pa lamang ng pelikula, Boss Vic already know Babe, I Love You will be a hit.

“Perfect as a love team talaga sina Anne at Sam.

“I saw the movie sa opening day nito. Ang mga manonood truly swooned sa kanilang mga love scenes.

“Kasama na ako doon.”

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There’s no doubt that with Babe, I Love You, nakapag-produce muli ang Star Cinema ng isang box-office director sa katauhan ni Direk Mae.

Kung sabagay, Direk Mae made sure that she had the proper credentials before nag-direk siya ng movie.

She started as a cinematographer, became an assistant director ng mga shows on tv, before finally maging co-director for a TV series.

According to Direk Mae, the reason, perhaps, why she didn’t encounter difficulty directing Anne and Sam is because naging co-director siya of the series na Maging Sino Ka Man (1 and 2), which topbilled the two, along with Christopher de Leon, Bea Alonzo and John Lloyd Cruz.

By the way, Direk Mae happens to be one of the most good-looking female directors in showbiz.

She would have made it kung pinili niyang mag-artista.

But, according to Direk Mae, her dream was to become a singer. Only for her to discover that singing is not her forte.

Well, more power, Direk Mae bilang director, both sa tv at movies.

http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php/...kay-derek.html

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by Joey Sarmiento
Monday, 05 April 2010

ANG suwerte raw ng movie nina Sam Milby and Anne Curtis na Babe, I Love You.

Tsumamba raw kasi ang showing nito last Black Sa-turday and as expected, dahil sabik ang mga tao sa pe-likula after a long vacation, marami-rami rin ang nag-watch and expected din daw na mas darami pa ito in the coming days.

Mabuti at hindi nag-brownout nu’ng araw ng showing ng kanilang pelikula. Pareho kasing walang nalalaman ang dalawang stars ng movie na may brownout na nangyayari sa ‘Pinas.

“Huh! Nagba-brownout ba? Sorry, I didn’t know na madalas palang magkaroon ng brownout ngayon,” say ni Sam sa press conference.

Hmmmm...

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Malaya, April 6, 2010
ETHEL RAMOS

Director Mae Cruz has many talents. And one of them, obviously, is directing a movie.

Direk Mae started her career in showbiz as a cinematographer. In no time, she graduated, so to speak, to being an assistant director for TV.

The most prominent TV series assigned to her is "Maging Sino Ka Man," Parts One and Two.

The series starred several of the more prominent stars of our time, including Christopher de Leon, John Lloyd Cruz, Bea Alonzo, Sam Milby and Anne Curtis.

"Babe, I Love You" is Direk Mae’s first movie directorial job. How lucky she felt when she discovered she would have for her lead stars, Anne Curtis and Sam Milby.

"‘Sa Maging Sino Ka Man,’ we developed a more than director-star relationship. Kaya alam kong I had with me two of the stars na aking maaasahan, when it comes to professionalism. Bukod pa sa effort nila to really give their all to every scene in their project," she said.

"I had to admit na hindi naging madali sa kanila ang mga love scenes nila sa movie. Dahil, at the time they were doing it, they both confessed to me that they were not as close as they used to.

"But as I told them, we all have to do our best to make the movie not just entertaining but very romantic as well. For that’s the premise of the movie."

"Babe, I Love You" is the story of two young people with different status in life. They had nothing in common at all. In fact, they clashed in their first meeting.

Soon, though, they realize that opposite poles really attract.

"I must admit that their love scenes are not the run of the mill. I want their love scenes to be intense, intimate. And I frankly told them wala akong pakialam how they feel about each other.

"All that matters to me, I specified, is for them to deliver," the director explained.

The movie, when it opened last Black Saturday, exceeded expectations. "Babe, I Love You" grossed a cool P12 million – yes, P12M – on opening day.

"And happily, too," Direk Mae revealed, "the two seem to have become closer again."

Did we hear it right that if it were not for Sam’s previous commitment to do a series of concerts in the US with Piolo Pascual, John Lloyd Cruz, Bea Alonzo and Pokwang, he would have joined Anne and her friends, like Isabelle Diaz and Raymond Gutierrez to a trip to Thailand for the Holy Week?

http://www.malaya.com.ph/04062010/ent_ethel.html

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