Poorly written with flawed characters - *1/2

I saw the trailer for this film last week and made a mental note that I will watch it when it comes out.  It  looked fun in a 'BIRDCAGE' kind of way but sadly this movie did not take that route.

Wendy (Jennilyn Mercado) is an adopted daughter of two gay parents (Gardo Versoza and Dominic Ochoa).  She was on her way to the airport to take a flight that will bring her to New York to visit her biological father when she met Sean (Sam Milby) by accident, literally a vehicular accident.  Unbeknownst to both that they will be seating beside each other on the plane going to New York, they learned to like each other during the trip.  Unfortunately because of some domestic problems, her biological father can not accommodate for her stay in New York and so Sean offered to let her stay at his apartment.  They got to know each other more and fell in love.  They agreed to marry when they get back to the Philippines and this is when the real conflict starts.  Sean's family is very rich and does not think highly of Wendy's.  His parents suspect that she is in it for the money and so they insisted on a prenuptial agreement that irked the side of Wendy's, giving way to more conflict.

This was really funny at first, I was the loudest one in the theater to laugh, but then things start to fall apart when they get to New York.  The biological father can not even provide a hotel room for her daughter when he was even the one responsible for her being there. Gay parents who take pride in their family but accepts bribes.  Straight parents who belittle their would-be in-laws because of their financial status but totally ignoring the fact that the in-laws are both guys.  A totally gay character stays in the closet for no apparent reason. A traditional woman of values, agrees to stay with a guy she just met.  And a rich guy who has the compassion to help the needy does not even have the conviction to fight for his own life.  Almost all the characters here are flawed on a certain level.

This was well shot though, scenes from New York and scenes pretending to be in New York look really consistent that you must be able to know how local productions deal with economic constraints and logistics to pull off scenes that weren't really shot in places that they claim to be.  This may be the cooperation between cinematographer and production design.

This movie's strength could have been the funny characters in it. I always enjoy the repartee between Gardo's character and Sean's mother played by Jaclyn Jose. But the attempt to add some more dimension into the characters or to avoid being predictable created flawed characters that destroys the characters' credibility.