YMMV / Natutulog Pa Ang Diyos

• Adaptation Displacement: This is one of many films from The '80s that's actually based off of a "komiks" serial in the drama genre (think Bituing Walang Ningning), but it's not as well remembered compared to its contemporaries (which The Other Wiki even fails to mention). People mainly remember it as a movie.
• Catharsis Factor:
  • Admit it, Gillian beating the everloving daylights out of her bratty sister Lani is immensely satisfying, especially with how shrill she's been throughout the whole film.
  • Short-lived, but Rose slapping Patria across the face and immediately calling her out for abusing Gillian, whom she's now aware was her (Rose's) daughter all along.
• Fridge Logic: The fact that the Velasco's do not sense anything amiss about their "son" possibly not being theirs since Andrew looked like neither of them. Willing Suspension of Disbelief is at play here since none of their offspring resemble either parents due to the actors playing them, which they can't help.
• Jerkass Woobie:
  • Patria. The woman beats the girl mercilessly and has a big mouth but her anger is spurred on due to her husband's absurd plan for their son to have a chance at a better future under the care of the Velasco's. She clearly has a lot of deep-seated problems and wants nothing but to have her son back. She had to stomach those feelings for twenty years.
  • Bernardo also tries his best to stop Mr. Velasco from beating his son too much. But because the Velasco's haven't a clue about him not really belonging to them, they force Bernardo to not interfere with their family matters.
• Narm: Due to Special Effect Failure (see below), The Reveal at the end about Andrew's true birthright by revealing the birthmark he inherited from Bernardo feels so clumsy.
• Special Effect Failure: The birthmark on both Bernardo and Andrew's feet (which shows that they are undeniably related) fails to look convincing. It looks as if they just stepped on a patch of grease and didn't bother to clean their feet.
• Unintentional Period Piece: In one way or another, the female characters sport '80s Hair and during the club scene, a Rick Astley song plays in the background.
• Unintentionally Unsympathetic: Jerkass woobies they may be, Patria's and Bernardo's physical abuse of Gillian is hard to look over, so during moments where they are supposed to be conflicted characters, it's very difficult to pity them.
• The Woobie: Gillian. Her "mother" treats her like shit and later, she is forced to marry Andrew in order to inherit the Velasco's money either way, as their real son becoming the Velasco's in-law. Luckily, she gets better.

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