This Guy's In Love With U Mare! is a 2012 Filipino comedy parody film under Star Cinema and Viva Films. It stars Vice Ganda, Luis Manzano and Toni Gonzaga, and it is directed by Wenn V. Deramas. The film received mixed reviews from Filipino critics. It currently holds the title of the fifth highest-grossing Filipino film of all time.
Synopsis: The film is about an unlikely love triangle. After Lester (Vice Ganda) catches his boyfriend (Luis Manzano) proposing marriage to Gemma (Toni Gonzaga), it seems as if his whole world comes crashing down. He devises a brilliant plan to keep Gemma away from his ex by making her fall for in love with him. Will Lester emerge victorious and win the heart of his old partner?
This Guy's in love with you Mare tackles the typical gay relationship that most straight people can relate to. The supposed straight guy (I say supposed because my stand on the matter is, if you have sex with another guy, there is no way in hell should you be able to call yourself straight) hooks up with a gay guy for money, leaves him for a girl and tries to forget about that part of his life. Some critic calls this film progressive. I say this is as progressive as my mom saying that I will be somebody's sugar daddy when I told her I'm gay. It is reflective of the backward way that society views gay relationships just like when people ask, "E sino sa inyo ang lalaki?"
Of course, this is not to say that these things don't actually happen. I just feel like given the ignorance of the masses in this particular issue, they could have at least provided a glimpse of how some gay people are in a self-respecting, mutually beneficial relationship just like any hetero couple.
This particular issue aside, Wenn Deramas' way of storytelling where he spells everything out for his audience worked for this film. It never hurt that Vice Ganda pointed out the obvious to Toni Gonzaga towards the end after she got mad at Luis for hooking up with a gay guy as if he committed a heinous crime.
The film was also sporadically funny, although a lot of people in the cinema would surely disagree with me. In the end, I would say that this is better than the other Vice-Luis-Wenn offering, Petrang Kabayo, but it wouldn't even rank close to Wenn's personal best, Tanging Ina.
