Jose Javier Reyes' entry for the Manila Film Festival boasts of award-winning actors and promising new ones. Sugatang Puso stars Lorna Tolentino as widowed Celine who has a 15-year-old son Sonny (Carlo Aquino). She marries Noel (Christopher de Leon), who also has a son, 17-year-old Eric (Patrick Garcia), with Miriam (Cherie Gil). After suffering physical and emotional abuses from his mother's boyfriend, Noel takes Eric into his care who is welcomed by his new family: Celine and Sonny. All is well until an accident happens which turns Celine's world upside down.
Sugatang Puso is an above average film. It is a simple narrative that keeps to the basics of the story. The acting is very good, particularly that of Cherie Gilm as the tired and dysfunctional mother, of Lorna Tolentino as the understanding and loving mother, and to some extent, that of Patrick Garcia as the disturbed and problematic teenager. Christopher de Leon's limited supporting role does not give him enough material to express his ability. Carlo Aquino shows some promise. A tighter editing could have made the film more effective and touching. Other than that, the technical aspects complement one another to produce a quietly entertaining production, but not so moving, production.
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