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Magnifico

Play trailer Poster for Magnifico 2003,  2h 1m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 71% 7 Reviews Tomatometer 97% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
71% Tomatometer 7 Reviews 97% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
A boy (Jiro Manio) builds a coffin for his terminally ill grandmother, while raising money to buy a wheelchair for his sister.

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Adam Nayman eye WEEKLY Oct 30, 2004
3.5/5
That I bought into this transparent exercise in tear-jerking ... has as much to do with my own curious tolerance for subtitled excess as it does its own virtues of performance, scripting and direction. Go to Full Review
Mark Holcomb Village Voice Oct 29, 2004
De los Reyes's fluid compositions, dead-on pacing, and knack for eliciting naturalistic performances make the story uncommonly cathartic. Go to Full Review
V.A. Musetto New York Post Oct 29, 2004
3/4
Director Maryo J. De los Reyes and writer Mitchiko Yamamoto shamelessly press viewers' emotional buttons. But the film is so well-made and the performances so accomplished that it doesn't matter. Go to Full Review
David Sterritt Christian Science Monitor Nov 4, 2004
2/4
Amiable, though much too long. Go to Full Review
Liz Braun Jam! Movies Oct 30, 2004
3/5
To western viewers, Magnifico plays more like a cultural document. It is fascinating to look at, but you are always out of the movie, and mostly to observe the details of emotional manipulation. Go to Full Review
Ken Fox TV Guide Oct 29, 2004
3.5/5
The very definition of sentimental overload. It's also impossible to resist. Go to Full Review
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Hermione G Apr 11, 2017 Superb acting of everyone in the cast. I've never cried as much on any other movie than in this one....
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Maryo J. de los Reyes

Director

Jiro Manio

Magnifico

Albert Martinez

Gerry

Lorna Tolentino

Edna

Gloria Romero

Lola Magda

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Magnifico

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Movie Info

Synopsis A boy (Jiro Manio) builds a coffin for his terminally ill grandmother, while raising money to buy a wheelchair for his sister.
Director
Maryo J. de los Reyes
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
2h 1m
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