John Lloyd’s ‘Honor Thy Father’ receives positive reviews from critics at the Toronto International

Joan Leary

<div style='text-align: left;'><div><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/2015/091615/JLC/091615-johnlloyd_main.jpg' alt='091615-johnlloyd_main.jpg' width='400' height='290' align='left' border='0'>The suspense thriller film Honor Thy Father which stars actor John Lloyd Cruz and is directed by Erik Matti has earned positive comments from the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). <a href='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/42826/john-lloyd-cruzs-honor-thy-father-goes-international/'>It was recently announced that this movie would go international</a> <a href='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/40190/angelica-panganiban-attends-john-lloyd-cruz-birthday-asalto/'>after having failed to enter in the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF).</a></div><div><br/></div><div><a href='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/45398/john-lloyd-cruz-reacts-on-possible-inclusion-of-his-movie-in-the-mmff/'>In John Lloyd’s previous interviews, he stated that he’s not expecting anything regarding the possible inclusion of the film if ever a movie backs out from the MMFF but he said that all he knows is that the movie is beautiful.</a></div><div><br/></div><div>'Honor Thy Father is many things: a suspenseful story of betrayal and retribution, a drama about familial reconciliation, and a commentary on the tenuous nature of newfound wealth,' says Steve Gravestock of TIFF.</div><div><br/></div><div>He also commended Erik Matti’s craft and John Lloyd’s acting skills.</div><div><br/></div><div>'Holding everything together are Matti's fluid, skilled direction and the tightly wound performance by Cruz, whose Edgar — disgusted by the greed and hypocrisy he encounters — seems always on the verge of exploding.</div><div><br/></div><div>'...Honor Thy Father seems more mordantly sarcastic with every passing minute in Filipino director Erik Matti's portrait of a man beset by his devout wife's Daddy issues...' he added.</div><div><br/></div><div style='text-align: center; '><img src='' alt='1 Honor Thy Father - John Lloyd Cruz.jpg' width='500' height='667' align='center' border='0'><br/></div><div style='text-align: center; '><br/></div><div style='text-align: center; '><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/2015/091615/JLC/2%20Honor%20Thy%20Father%20-%20John%20Lloyd%20Cruz.jpg' alt='2 Honor Thy Father - John Lloyd Cruz.jpg' width='500' height='333' align='center' border='0'><br/></div><div style='text-align: center; '><br/></div><div style='text-align: center; '><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/2015/091615/JLC/3%20Honor%20Thy%20Father%20-%20John%20Lloyd%20Cruz.jpg' alt='3 Honor Thy Father - John Lloyd Cruz.jpg' width='500' height='751' align='center' border='0'><br/></div><div style='text-align: center; '><br/></div><div style='text-align: center; '><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/2015/091615/JLC/4%20Honor%20Thy%20Father%20-%20John%20Lloyd%20Cruz.jpg' alt='4 Honor Thy Father - John Lloyd Cruz.jpg' width='500' height='667' align='center' border='0'><br/></div><div style='text-align: center; '><br/></div><div style='text-align: center; '><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/2015/091615/JLC/5%20Honor%20Thy%20Father%20-%20John%20Lloyd%20Cruz.jpg' alt='5 Honor Thy Father - John Lloyd Cruz.jpg' width='500' height='751' align='center' border='0'><br/></div><div><br/></div></div>

‘Honor Thy Father’ receives good reviews in the TIFF; John Lloyd Cruz’s acting also commended.

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