Diary ng Panget (film)

Diary ng Panget
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Andoy Ranay
Produced by	Veronique del Rosario-Corpus Marianne Oandasan June Rufino Vicente Del Rosario III Vic Del Rosario Jr.
Written by	Denny R. (novel)
Screenplay by	Mel Mendoza-Del Rosario
Based on	Diary ng Panget by Denny R.
Starring	Nadine Lustre James Reid Yassi Pressman Andre Paras
Music by	Teresa Barrozo
Cinematography	Pao Orendain
Edited by	Tara Illenberger
Distributed by	Viva Films
Release date	April 2, 2014 (2014-04-02)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Philippines
Language	English Filipino
Box office	PHP 120 million est.

Diary ng Panget (lit. Diary of an Ugly Person) (also known as Diary ng Panget: The Movie) is a 2014 Filipino teen romantic comedy film based on the best-selling novel of the same name written and published on Wattpad by Denny R. The film was directed by Andoy Ranay and stars Nadine Lustre, James Reid, Yassi Pressman, and Andre Paras. It was distributed by Viva Films and released on April 2, 2014, in theaters nationwide.

Despite its box office success, with its gross revenue of over PHP 120 million, Diary ng Panget was heavily panned by most critics, with its initial mixed reviews, claiming that the story and the cast have lack of formula and efforts.

Due to the success of the movie, the soundtrack for the film was released March 26, 2014 by Viva Records with a co-production of Flipmusic records. The physical copy of soundtrack is available in leading music stores and digitally via iTunes.

Diary ng Panget received mix to negative reviews from critics.

Zig Marasigan of Rappler states that Diary ng Panget provides very little insight on the modern day troubles of a young adult. "It succeeds in bringing together a particularly charming cast with relative newcomer Nadine Lustre leading the charge. Director Andoy Ranay does well to draw an entertaining amount of chemistry between his 4 actors, but unfortunately fails to keep the story, as well as its characters, from breaking out."

Philbert Ortiz-Dy of Click the City gave a negative review in the film, stating that "[t]he simplicity of the story is further undermined by the confusing direction. The film seems to struggle with staging a lot of scenes, the punchlines lost in the odd rhythms of the filmmaking." He also stated that "[t]he direction really fails the cast of young actors, who are acting their hearts out [...] Diary ng Panget is squandered by the subpar direction. The looseness of the narrative might have even been an asset if the direction was more inclined to make bolder or more well thought-out choices about how it presented the story."