When the romance film has become a recurring staple in Filipino cinema, audiences come to realize that when one is done right, it’s done right. And Cathy Grace-Molina’s Hello, Love, Goodbye is undoubtedly done right. With a strong sense of narrative integrity, an authentic portrayal of the plight of the OFWs, and endearingly well-acted performances from its leads (and with bountiful chemistry to spare), that balances everything out without the risk of being too sappy or cheesy, Grace-Molina’s ‘Goodbye’ is a return to form in what is definitively the veteran director’s specialty in the Filipino romance subgenre.