American Adobo

Name: American Adobo
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: January 23, 2002
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 30

2002

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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews

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Movie Details & Credits

Outrider Pictures | Release Date: January 23, 2002 | R

Summary: In New York City, over the course of one year, five Filipino-American friends share dinners, experiences, friendship, and romance.

Director: Laurice Guillen

Genre(s): Comedy, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 104 min

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Critic Reviews

Wendy Lee

Adobo doesn't exoticize the culture so much as leaven it with a sense of ordinariness. Read full review

Kevin Thomas

An intimate, good-humored ethnic comedy like numerous others but cuts deeper than expected. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot. Read full review

Jack Mathews

Offers traditional cinematic gab about marital status, sexual orientation, nationality and degree of fulfillment. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

Though clearly well-intentioned, this cross-cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted. Read full review

Stephen Holden

As the film loses its grip on its multiple stories, the title begins to suggest an overheated stew bubbling out of its pot. By the end of the film, the intersecting dramas and histrionic performances have spilled all over the floor, so to speak. Read full review

Paul Malcolm

The film's failings are only highlighted by the fact that while, occasionally, we're granted real glimpses of interior lives, largely emanating from de Leon, Davao and Picache, those lives are never given the chance to take shape. Read full review

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