The Reunion’ and its attempt to come of age

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'The Reunion' cast with Director Frasco Mortiz (Photo courtesy of ABS-CBN)"The Reunion" is a coming-of-age movie. Think "Breakfast Club" minus the subtleties, plus flashbacks introduced by Eraserheads hits. Think "Across the Universe" minus the musical aspect. Think adventure genre minus the tangible point but not without purpose.

The formula is simple. It's been seven years since six friends graduated from high school, and much to their frustration, things are not what they thought they would be. The first quarter of the movie is flashbacks galore until the friends' high school reunion when one of them realizes what it was that started their "malas." Then they put their heads together to figure out where to start.
It should be mentioned (it's a spoiler, but not really) that between that epiphany is an Earth Mother archetype played by Gina Pareño who explained the philosophy of determinism to these poor kids.
So  they set out to begin the journey of their lives together, to find the solution to the problem they can't ask, and to finally try to turn things