One More Try is a 2012 Filipino romantic drama film starring Angelica Panganiban, Dingdong Dantes, Zanjoe Marudo and Angel Locsin. The film was selected as one of the 8 official entries to the 2012 Metro Manila Film Festival. The film was produced by Star Cinema and released December 25, 2012.
This 38th MMFF entry marks Dingdong Dantes' second big screen project under Star Cinema after Segunda Mano.
On the 38th Metro Manila Film Festival Awards night, the film won six awards including "Best Picture", and "Best Actor" for Dingdong Dantes. Part also of the List of highest-grossing films in the Philippines
Synopsis: Grace (Angel Locsin) is a single mother willing to sacrifice everything to save her ill son, Botchok (Miguel Vergara). Grace lives a good life with her son and supportive boyfriend, Tristan (Zanjoe Marudo). When Botchok’s rare blood disease became severe, Grace was forced to reconnect with Botchok’s biological father, Edward (Dingdong Dantes). Edward, an accomplished man married to an equally successful Jacqueline (Angelica Panganiban), is uncomfortable with reconnecting with Grace. Having no children of their own, Jacqueline gives her blessings for Edward to reconnect with Grace to help save their son. The reconnection with Grace and Botchok starts to taint Edward's and Jacqueline's marriage. What becomes of relationships when a tangled web is woven? See the movie and find out.
One More Try asks an intriguing question: is the life of a child more important than one’s fidelity to one’s spouse? When the film directly addresses this dilemma, it sometimes produces something quite extraordinary, with strong, nuanced performances bringing to light the different sides of the issue. Sadly, that doesn’t happen enough. The film dresses this basic question up with mainstream excesses, burying the dilemma in a lot of formulaic silliness.
This movie didn’t need a killer line. One More Try already has something better: a killer dilemma, a genuine moral quandary that provides no easy answers. But the film doesn't really seem all that interested in the story’s inherent drama, and augments it with the artificial drama of mainstream formula. There’s a good movie in it somewhere, a genuinely daring look at the lengths people go through for the sake of a child, and the consequences that follow their actions. But this production seemed intent on keeping that film buried.
