Angel Aquino, Eric Quizon, Hilda Koronel

Charged with organizing his father's funeral, Wilson Chua (Eric Quizon) hires three professional mourners with plenty of problems and enough tears to flood Manila in this heartwarming comedy. Desperat...( read more  read more... )e for cash, Stella (Sharon Cuneta) is happy to take the weeklong gig crying at the traditional Chinese funeral, but the stage is set for disaster when she brings B-movie actress Chua (Hilda Koronel) and the adulterous Choleng (Angel Aquino) along.

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Unrated, 110 min.

Directed by: Mark Meily

Release Date: February 20, 2004

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DVD Release Date: November 30, 2004

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  • May 11, 2009
    Funny and Heart-warming. So cool!
  • September 6, 2008
    First to have this kind of story on film, its amusing and light hearted, this is true, hiring someone to do the crying for you, but i never thought about it as a good idea until i watch this film.
  • March 15, 2008
    The film is very witty and funny. Angel Aquino, Hilda Koronel and Sharon Cuneta are at their best performances. It's been ages or years since I have watched this film but I remember this film being very enjoyable and entertaining while showing some of the Filipino culture.
  • March 3, 2008
    A heartwarming movie. A classic one were Philippine Megastar Sharon Cuneta won international best actress award. Truly a great movie to watch for.
  • August 8, 2007
    Melodramatic!

    One way to ensure enough mourners at a loved one's funeral is to hire a few. "Crying Ladies" is Filipino writer/director Mark Meily's whimsical story about three women whose lives are changed by such a gig.

    Single mom Stella (Sharon Cuneta), daughter of a prof...( read more)essional mourner, is recently out of jail and working a dead-end factory job in Manila. Approached by a Chinese man to cry at his father's funeral, and to find a few more mourners as well, she demurs, but when Mr. Chua (Eric Quizo) mentions the pay, she realizes that with it she will be able to help her son Bong (Julio Pacheco), who now lives with his father and stepmother.

    Stella recruits two friends, both interesting characters in their own right. Aling Doray (Hilda Koronel) is an aging former actress, living in the past glory of her last part in a monster movie. Choleng (Angel Aquino) is a pretty, skinny young thing who visits the priest every week to confess her affair with a married man.

    "Crying Ladies" is a heartwarming little film with charming performances by the ladies, marking a comeback for Koronel and continuing Aquino's transition from modeling to acting. Cuneta, the Philippines' biggest star, continues her string of successes here.

    If there is nothing "Important" about the film, it is nonetheless a fine, feel-good effort, nicely shot by the director's wife, Lee Meily.
  • March 25, 2007
    This movie was surprisingly good - the comedic elements well thought out and better yet well-timed. Sharon Cuneta is absolutely hilarious.
  • February 2, 2007
    Funny. Interesting to see a different kind of movie about a different culture.
  • February 1, 2007
    The Pride Of our Country!!!

Critic Reviews


February 19, 2004
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

In this sloppy, happy soap opera from the Philippines, three working-class Manila women are hired as paid mourners at a traditional Chinese funeral. full review

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