This Aiai-Sharon starrer is one of the films I hoped would be good despite its poster and trailer. It wasn't. I probably expected too much from a Star Cinema - Wenn Deramas - Aiai delas Alas team up.

BFF starts off with John Estrada's (Tim / TJ) funeral scene where we first see Sharon Cuneta (Honey) and AiAi (Frances) face-to-face. Then follows the narrative of how the three met. Tim was cheating on Honey with Frances. Honey's gym instructor was Frances. They all didn't know how connected they were to each other. Honey and Frances would exchange tips on how to keep their man, and the tips would work -- resulting to the other's disappointment.

One drunken bonding session between Honey and Frances, TJ called up Frances to tell her that he can't marry her because he has a family. That phone call which Honey answered because Frances was too drunk to function. Then comes Honey's revenge, the drama scenes, and the reconciliation.

Which would all have been far more entertaining if they casted a comedienne instead of Sharon Cuneta as Honey. Had it been Pokwang, the movie would have been more alive. The film was a confusion between comedy and drama. It was flat, dragging, and seemed to be a tutorial on parenting / friendship / marriage. There were funny moments and heartbreaking scenes, but as a movie, it wasn't that good. Lots of unnecessary characters. Parang ang bumuhay lang sa movie ay sina Chokoleit and Aiai. And Lito Camo's fat kid -- whose mere presence in any scene made me laugh.

There was just one line that got stuck in my head. One that I'd probably say.

In that drama scene where Aiai lying in the back of her van and her daughter found her crying there, she said:

"Ayokong umiyak sa taas (kwarto) kasi baka marinig mo ako."

Shet. Tears on cue ampota!