Present Perfect Part 2 (2020)

A história tinha muito o que ser explorada. Mas só tinha.

Enredo morno (mais pra frio do que pra quente), personagens sem coesão alguma com a história, atuações medianas, interações sem sentido e cenas extensas que não adicionaram em nada, tudo isso reunido em 2h de filme.
A história como um todo poderia ter sido melhor aprofundada e os sentimentos de cada um envolvido poderia ter sido melhor explorados, mas a sensação que ficou é que estavam só com pressa de acabar o filme - uma pena, porque 2h de filme é bastante tempo para explorar os personagens.
Os personagens mais legais definitivamente foram a dona do hotel e a criança ateia, que sequer apareceu.

Qual a diferença faria se o Kenta não tivesse na história?

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What happens when you reconnect with the one that got away?

The original Present Perfect is a good film, albeit has a very serious tone. This director showed us how to top up a good movie and not suffer from sequelitis.

Toey is once again in his 'escape trip', and after four long years, Oat decided to show up and reconnect. If I may say, Oat and Toey both somehow managed to look 'hotter' than when they shot the first film. The hotel is the perfect romantic backdrop, and the new character - Jen - provided what i never expected to be a needed lightness to the story. Kenta was cute but a little bit underused.

Yes, the story isnt unique by any means but our connection with the characters kept it engaging. I like the fact that Toey isnt all that selfsih and is self aware of the damage he could cause. I am specially moved by how they handled the situation with Oat's wife. One thing that surprised me negatively is that they made Yumi a divorcee in the end, as i didnt think it was necessary.

Is it a must watch? No, not exactly, its not a waste of time but it is NOTunforgettable. Is it rewatchable? To be honest, no, once is enough. If you're curious, go see the first film before watching this. At least the subscription to gagaoolala (for that month) was made worthy because of this. Overall rating 8 out of 10 stars.

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