from inquirer.net by Rito Asilo:
Alas, noble intentions don’t a great film make. Meily’s latest production isn’t the seamless movie it’s touted to be—though the filmmaker’s valiant effort to tell the Baler siege’s unique story deserves moviegoers’ support.
After all, the public needs to realize there’s more to the annual “family-oriented” film festival than loud and livid rib-ticklers and freaky monsters that continually get resurrected in various shapes and sizes year after year—after year.
from clickthecity – Epic Fail by Philbert Ortiz Dy
Baler is a tremendous disappointment for me. It’s almost inconceivable that a cast like that combined with director Mark Meily and a proper budget could produce such a subpar picture, but there you go. In the end, the money couldn’t make this horrible script any better, giving us a picture that looks good, but just sounds and feels terrible. The ambition is admirable, but the final product is decidedly less so.
