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Moron 5 and the Crying Lady
Half-witted longtime friends Albert, Isaac, Mozart "Mo", Michaelangelo "Mike" and Aristotle "Aris" were used to living moronic yet pretty normal and hassle-free lives until successful career woman Becky Pamintuan accused them of killing her father and ruin everything for them. The Moron 5 are more than sure of their innocence but for the life of them, they can't find any single satisfactory argument on how to prove it especially when their opponent would do everything to punish them for whim.
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Half-witted longtime friends Albert, Isaac, Mozart "Mo", Michaelangelo "Mike" and Aristotle "Aris" were used to living moronic yet pretty normal and hassle-free lives until successful career woman Becky Pamintuan accused them of killing her father and ruin everything for them. The Moron 5 are more than sure of their innocence but for the life of them, they can't find any single satisfactory argument on how to prove it especially when their opponent would do everything to punish them for whim.
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Genre:Comedy
Written By:Mel Mendoza-Del Rosario
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Box Office:$1,521,892
Runtime:101 minutes
Studio:Viva Films, MVP Pictures
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