''So Connected'' is a 2018 Filipino film directed by Jason Paul Laxamana, starring

Janella Salvador Janella Maxine Desiderio Salvador (; born March 30, 1998) is a Filipino actress and singer. Debuting in the hit morning drama '' Be Careful with My Heart'' (2012–2014), she followed with leading roles in '' Oh My G!'' (2015), Jun Lana's '' Ha ...

and

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. It is produced by LargaVista Entertainment and Regal Films. It was released on May 23, 2018, by

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Plot

Trisha (

) is a struggling waitress who buys a cellphone from a black market seller. Karter (

), a love-starved boy who uses a cloud-based media-storing app to spy on his stolen cellphone's buyer, Trisha, who by then had broken up with her boyfriend, soon becomes enamored by Trisha. Karter proceeds to locate her through the various clues he gathers from the media she unknowingly shares to him. When their paths finally cross, Trisha feels she has so many things in common with Karter that she somehow believes they are connected as soulmates.

Cast

Main

as Trisha Biscocho *

as Karter Calma

Secondary

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as Lea * Krystal Brimner as Kate Calma *

Paulo Angeles Miguel Paulo Detera Angeles (born October 27, 1997) is a Filipino actor, singer and dancer. Angeles is a talent of ABS-CBN under Star Magic. Angeles was first seen on TV via Mirabella ''Mirabella'' was a women's magazine published from Ju ...

as Lorenzo * Rolando Inocencio as Conrad * Cherise Castro as Jasmine * Chai Fonacier as Heidi * Marnie Lapus as Marissa * VJ Mendoza as Ben * Paeng Sudayan as Dig * Vance Larena as Simon * Basti Santos

Release

The film, had its red-carpet premiere at

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on Tuesday May 22, 2018, and opened in theaters nationwide the following day.

Critical reception

The film had generally positive reviews. Nestor Cuartero of

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highlighted the chemistry of Salvador and Blake and praised the timely message the film aims to impart to viewers, "It tells us how to use social media properly." Rappler's Oggs Cruz says: "Jason Paul Laxamana’s ''So Connected'' is different in the sense that its protagonists are laced with a slivers of darkness that is rare in commercial love stories." Meanwhile, Salvador was particularly commended for portraying an off-beat role. The Manila Feed posted about Janella, “She perfectly captured the essence of the character—her desperation, her longing to escape and her playful personality.”

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's Joseph R. Atilano also praised, "Janella Salvador has a rare and inherent quality about her that not a lot of her contemporaries coming from any age group possesses ..Brilliant acting is what she is becoming known for and she does it very, very well – and consistently."

References

External links

* 2018 films Philippine romance films Regal Entertainment films {{Philippines-film-stub