This is outside Robin Padilla's comfort zone of action movies. The storyline itself is predictable.... Jeannie (Judy Ann Santos) - out of the bottle to grant 3 wishes. An overseas Filipino Worker from the Middle East returns to Philippines with everything he had worked for inside his baggage. Gift to family and friends, savings, personal belongings etc. Everything disappeared in a blink of an eye at the airport. The only thing left was a bottle he picked up from Saudi Arabia. To top it all off....... he also lost his girlfriend to a well know basketball player. We can all predict what happens next.... out comes the Jeannie and whallllah 3 wishes !!! Not really worth the 115 mins of waiting for the movie to pick up !!! You may want to use up your 3 wishes some other way.... like changing DVD or going for a walk or better yet...... get a huge bar of chocolate. This movie may not make you cry or laugh..... but it will leave a lasting impression of Tanya Garcia's (the OFW's ex-girlfriend)performance. Her acting is fake, forced and hopefully forgettable.

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A story of an ill-fated OFW (overseas Filipino worker) whose hopes are once more afloat by a genie - the one that he's been waiting forever.

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