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Necessarily a Review of the
Movie NARS
I wrote this when I was in my second year in
college. I couldn't quite remember well now. We
were supposed to write our reflections after
seeing the movie. So here it is. xx

This is the original text:

NOW SHOWING: NARS

JPR

It feels so weird seeing the life of a student

nurse being portrayed on the big screen. Why? It is
because I half-expectedly hoped that I will see
myself being depicted as sleep-hungry, and as
stressed out while the people around me are as
equally stressful by their mere presence in my life.
Now, that is what I get for expecting too much.
Have we not learned our lesson from other
Tagalized movies? So now, I would want to get
straight to my point of view. ‘Nars’ was a lousy,
unworthy film.
The producers may have claimed that the
movie was the first in its genre ever since nursing
began in the Philippines. At least, they may have
done some justice to that. That is, by producing a
real, poignant, and humanely stirring film in lieu
of the flick that was shown to us; aimed only to
double the producers’ profits and unknowingly
contribute to the continuing distaste for Philippine
cinema.
I want to emphasize that, despite being
able to relate to some terms and situations that
were used in the said film; it was still very shallow
and superficial in terms of showing what a student
nurse has to go through. I cannot also snob the
parts of the story about parents supporting their
children, doctors studying nursing, a touch of the
harsh realities of the Philippine health care
delivery system. All these things are happening,
they are real.
What is it with Grey’s Anatomy, E.R.,
Scrubs, even House, M.D. and other medical shows
that get them a world full of viewers? Well, aside
from those sexy, hot, and maybe inherently gifted
actors and actresses, these shows all possess the
major characteristic of knowing how to tickle and
touch the audience. Not everyone knows what an
ETT is and nor would they know what an NCP is!
And when a show comes talking about NCPs,
NANDA, and TAHBSO all in the same breath, the
viewers wouldn’t understand why all too suddenly
the student nurse would want to kill Doenges.
(Who is Doenges anyway?)
I am not a licensed film critic (do you even
need a license to be able to tell what a movie is to
you?) and I am not a graduate or a registered nurse
either. But I surely know what a student nurse
feels. Why is it that I continue to watch Grey’s
Anatomy? I guess it has something to do with being
able to feel what the characters in the story also
feel. I wouldn’t have to be a medicine student to
understand.
The movie ‘Nars’, in my opinion, can only
be understood in a way by those who have an idea
on what nursing is, on what a individual does to be
a nurse. If my parent, my neighbor, my other
friends would watch the film, they’d all be
querying me about those terms they didn’t
understand or else they’d be falling asleep. One
may argue that the movie is only aimed to the
nursing field and its immediate affiliates. But I say
what a terrible line of reasoning that is.
I would want my parents to understand
me, my course, and my life and why I bring two
large basins during duty days. I would want my
friends to know why I hate it so much for them to
arrive late when we decide to meet up. If possible,
I would want the whole world to know that I am
not some crackpot who wakes up at the crack of
dawn and brandishes this spit and polish clean and
immaculately white uniform.
There are things that occur in between the
day of a struggling student nurse that should be
accounted for. These are the tiny, minute, and
even stupid things that should be accounted for so
that we will be understood.
Don’t we all want to be understood?
Don’t we all want to stand for what a Nars
should be?

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