Could newly-wed celebrity couples Michelle Gumabao, 32, and Aldo Panlilio, 35; Cedric Juan, 34, and Kate Alejandrino (age undisclosed), imagine themselves falling into what the couple portrayed by Jennylyn Mercado and Dennis Trillo, a married couple off-camera, go through in the now-showing film Everything About My Wife?

In the movie, the married couple Imo (Mercado) and Dom (Trillo) had to break up after seven years of marriage because they became utterly disgusted with what they had become to each other: apathetic, arrogant, almost heartless.

In the movie, the married couple Imo (Mercado) and Dom (Trillo) had to break up after seven years of marriage because they became utterly disgusted with what they had become to each other: apathetic, arrogant, almost heartless. 

But, wait, the film is publicized as a romcom as written by Rona Co and directed by Real Florido. The former has been writing and co-writing movie and TV scripts since 2011, the most recent being the Kathryn Bernardo and Alden Richards top-billed Hello, Love, Goodbye, now touted to have grossed P1. 6 billion worldwide. 

The youthful and actor-looking Florido began directing in 2014 with Cinemalaya’s “First Ko si Third, a comedy drama about senior citizens, starring Nova Villa, Dante Rivero, and Freddie Webb. 

Well, half of Everything About My Wife is comedic, a quarter is romantic, and the rest  dramatic. Watch the film, so you’ll know in what order those elements are presented. We’ll squeak to you now, though, that Mercado has more romantic scenes with Sam Milby’s character than with husband Trillo in the film. 

Milby portrays the sexy braggart that lonely widow Dom will dare to seduce his (Dom’s) wife so she would leave him. Yes, Dom wants Imo to walk out on him. 

Dom’s having been brought up by an overbearing filthy rich mother (Carmi Martin) in cheery Cebu, where about half of the film was shot, turned him into a wimp. 

The somewhat socialite mom has never liked Imo and has mouthfuls about her. Imo is aware that her husband hardly defend her from his mother. Oh, what a sweet, handsome, silently scheming wimp husband Dom is! 

The Imo-Dom romance actually begins in the rally-hosting messy streets of Manila. Imo is some kind of a woke who joins demonstrations, while Dom is an architect who has to roam the streets in connection with his job. They that leads to have a whirlwind courtship which will lead to a quickie wedding. 

Not much is shown about Imo’s family background. Some scenes though reveal that her mother (Nova Villa) is a yoga teacher. The mom keeps a buff lover (male!) somewhere in the family house where she holds yoga classes. Imo is stunned when the guy suddenly streaks in skimpy trunks in the living room. Her mother just breaks into an impish fulfilled smile. 

There are quirks in the script but the lead stars’ earnest acting makes the film a delight to watch.