Critic Lav Diaz gave the film a positive review, giving special praise to Santos for his unique comedic style in comparison to other Filipino comedians.
Webster Shakespeare Cubangbang deludedly thinks he has mastered the English language, and his university dean decides to give him his diploma so that he does not return to college to bother his professors.
Out of frustration, he tries to jump off a bridge but is rescued by a fairy godmother, who helps him by granting him the ability to make and people come after him whenever he says the line "I love you three times a day".
Annabelle Rama has an uncredited cameo in the film as Agnes' mother Comedian and former basketball player Jimmy Santos began using the catchphrase "I love you three times a day" in the sitcom Dina.
[7] Lav Diaz, writing for the Manila Standard, gave a positive review to I Love You 3x a Day, praising Jimmy Santos' unique style of comedy which involves a distinctive rambling use of the English language; he noted that in comparison to other Filipino comedians who also distort the English language, Santos' jokes and delivery are new.