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(1 - 6) of 6 OFCS Rating: 83% Fresh Page   1   3/5 " A 12-year-old boy's initiation into the adult world where even those who seem virtuous are capable of giving into the enticements of money and power. "   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat B+ "captures the street life of Manila's slums like no other film"   Old School Reviews   John A. Nesbit 3.5/4 "The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros is a lo-fi Technicolor ode to this memorable protagonist, a neorealist homo noir."   Slant Magazine   Keith Uhlich B+ "A neorealist coming-of-age story infused with the pulse-pounding anxieties and excitement of first love."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 1/5 "If this represents the best of Philippine cinema, I'd hate to see the worst!"   Film Threat   Phil Hall 3.5/5 "Yet after all of the muck has been racked, the film's saving grace is the marvellously compelling naïveté and too-early reality-test of its star. Perhaps if queers were the majority there would be less senseless death and more fashion conscious citizens!"   JWR   S. James Wegg  (1 - 6) of 6 OFCS Rating: 83% Fresh Page   1