American Adobo
Outrider Pictures | Release Date: January 23, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
30
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
4
Negative:
6

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
Tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
An intimate, good-humored ethnic comedy like numerous others but cuts deeper than expected. Read full review
50
Village VoiceWendy Lee
Adobo doesn't exoticize the culture so much as leaven it with a sense of ordinariness. Read full review
40
New Times (L.A.)Andy Klein
The film is reasonably entertaining, though it begins to drag two-thirds through, when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy. Read full review
38
New York PostMegan Turner
Marinated in clichés and mawkish dialogue. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Offers traditional cinematic gab about marital status, sexual orientation, nationality and degree of fulfillment. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Though clearly well-intentioned, this cross-cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted. Read full review
30
The New York TimesStephen 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
25
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
The movie is stiff and schmaltzy and clumsily directed. Read full review
20
L.A. WeeklyPaul 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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