Review of #DoYouThinkIAmSexy? (2022 VIVAMAX Film):

Regular Vivamax viewers will immediately feel that this film is a mishmash of plotlines from previous Vivamax films stitched together to make a “new” one. The camgirl had already been the occupation of a Vivamax lead character for “Kitty K7” and “Scorpio Nights 3.” School girl temptresses in uniforms had been the subject of “Kinsenas, Katapusan” and “Doblado.” All of these films were just shown within this year, all still within easy recall.

This film also followed the usual Vivamax film third act when the story would take a violent turn. In fact, this ending was practically a remake of “Silab” (2021) which coincidentally also starred Cloe Barreto and Marco Gomez, both in their Vivamax debuts at that time. In both films, Marco’s character was knocked out by Cloe’s character (by poison in the first, and by taser in the second) before she proceeded to do an extreme act of emasculation.

It was unfortunate that Cloe Barreto’s face was in a perpetual scowl for most of this film because of her character’s sorry situation. We need to see her wholesome smile more next time, hopefully in a happier context. Marco Gomez was credible as a perverted predator, but not really as a professor.  Ava Mendez caught attention as Charlize’s smart and confident ex-roommate, only friend and camgirl-advocate Freya, even if she kept her clothes on.

Respected theater director Dennis Marasigan wrote and directed this film. Sadly, this one is no “Sa North Diversion Road” (2005), still his most critically-acclaimed work in film so far. However, his tense scene where the dean (Jojit Lorenzo) was presiding on a case involving an accusation of rape of a student by a professor stood out for its grim portrayal of misogyny in the academe and Dolly de Leon’s stellar performance in her very small role.