Rewind (2023 film)

Rewind is a 2023 Philippine science fiction romantic drama film directed by Mae Cruz-Alviar from a story and screenplay written by Enrico C. Santos, with Joel Mercado co-written the former.

The supporting cast includes Coney Reyes, Ariel Ureta, Pepe Herrera, Joross Gamboa, and Ina Feleo.

Distracted, John narrowly avoids hitting a pedestrian but loses control of their car, which crashes into a tree, killing Mary at exactly 3:00 PM.

Fixing his earlier mistakes, John tells Hermie of his acceptance of his sidelining, wards off Vivian's advances, and checks on Hannah before she can record them.

While watching Austin’s play, John sees Lods in the audience and realizes that it is nearing 3:00 PM, the time Mary was supposed to have died.

On June 21, 2023, Star Cinema announced through a media press conference that the film Rewind, written by Enrico Santos and directed by Mae Cruz-Alviar, will be top-billed by GMA Network's exclusive talents and celebrity couple Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera and to be co-produced with the former's production company Agosto Dos Media and APT Entertainment.

[9] On September 21, 2023, lead actor Dingdong Dantes posted on his Instagram account some snippets of the film's wedding scene with captions implying that it was the first day of production.

[11] On November 23, 2023, an official poster was unveiled to the public with the presence of the lead couple, and was later uploaded on the social media platform accounts of Star Cinema and other related divisions of ABS-CBN.

[17] Owing to a policy set by the Metro Manila Film Festival, the initial gross for Rewind was not revealed for its first week.

[20] Bum Tenorio of The Philippine Star wrote in his review, "Rewind is the full stop of the heart that finds it hard to forgive—and later on realizes, albeit late, that forgiveness is not an option but the only choice in order to move on.

"[21] University of Santo Tomas college newspaper, The Varsitarian, praised Pepe Herrera for his casual performance as Lods, a slang for Jesus Christ, saying that "[a] more serious characterization would have ruined the story.

"[22] Vikas Yadav of the India-based pop culture site Midgard Times wrote that Rivera was "stuck in a limited range" throughout the film and thus didn't leave a strong impression.

[24] Jason Tan Liwag of Rappler compared the film to classics like It's a Wonderful Life and Groundhog Day, but said that Rewind lacks their humor.

Cast members on the parade float for the 2023 MMFF