Moron 5 and the Crying Lady

Moron 5 and the Crying Lady
Theatrical movie poster
Directed by	Wenn Deramas
Produced by	Vicente del Rosario Vic del Rosario Jr. Hermie Go
Written by	Wenn Deramas Mel Mendoza-Del Rosario
Screenplay by	Mel Mendoza-Del Rosario Wenn Deramas
Starring	Luis Manzano Billy Crawford Marvin Agustin DJ Durano Mart Escudero John Lapus
Music by	Jessie Lasaten
Cinematography	Elmer Despa
Edited by	Marya Ignacio
Production company	Viva Films MVP Pictures
Release date	April 7, 2012 (2012-04-07)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Philippines
Language	Filipino English
Box office	PHP 64,642,363

Moron 5 and the Crying Lady is a 2012 Filipino comedy film directed by Wenn V. Deramas,^[1] starring Luis Manzano, DJ Durano, Martin Escudero, Billy Crawford, Marvin Agustin, and John Lapus. It was released last April 7, 2012 and distributed by Viva Films. A sequel, Moron 5.2: The Transformation, was released on November 5, 2014.

It tells the story of five friends who are depicted to be stupid. They cross paths with a gay man who has a grudge against them, so much that the gay man, played by John Lapus,^[2] will do anything to bring them down.

Plot

Cameo Roles of Moron 5 and the Crying Lady

Nikki Gil

Half-witted longtime friends Albert (Luis Manzano), Isaac (Billy Crawford), Mozart “Mo” (DJ Durano), Michaelangelo “Mike” (Martin Escudero) and Aristotle “Aris” (Marvin Agustin) were used to living moronic yet pretty normal and hassle-free lives until successful careerwoman Beckie Pamintuan (John Lapus) accused them of killing her father and ruin everything for them. The Moron 5 are more than sure of their innocence but for the life of them, they can't find any single satisfactory argument on how to prove it especially when their opponent would do everything to punish them for whim. Spending three miserable years in prison trying different failed comedic attempts to get out, they finally figured a way to escape. They stalked Beckie and tried to understand why she's fighting so hard to have them imprisoned when it's clear as day that what happened three years ago was a nonsense frame-up. An opportunity came when Beckie's driver got fired for having an affair with her maid and Albert volunteered to apply to replace him. He infiltrated the Pamintuan Residence and together with his four crazily daft friends, they've gathered information about the curious family yet to them, it isn't making any sense at all especially Vecky's unexplained hatred to the five of them. Why is Beckie fighting so hard to have them suffer? The Moron 5 will try harder to know and hopefully understand what's really going on although little did they know that by doing so, everything that they hold dear might be at risk.^[3]

Cast and characters

Sequel

A sequel, entitled Moron 5.2: The Transformation, will be shown on November 5, 2014. All lead stars but one reprised their roles in the original movie. Matteo Guidicelli joined the cast as Michael Angelo, replacing Martin Escudero. In an interview from Viva Entertainment YouTube Video, Guidicelli stressed that the character's (previously played by Escudero) face was accidentally burnt. His face was surgically restored in the story, following Guidicelli's face.^[4] The theatrical release was on November 5, 2014.

References

External links

• Moron 5 and the Crying Lady on IMDb