Bitter Melon

Name: Bitter Melon
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Crime
Released: December 7, 2018
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 59
Cast: Amelie Anima, Brian Rivera, Esperanza Catubig, Jon Norman Schneider, Jonathan Enerva

2018

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| Release Date: December 7, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Amelie Anima, Brian Rivera, Esperanza Catubig, Jon Norman Schneider, Jonathan Enerva, Josephine de Jesus, L.A. Renigen, Patrick Epino, Sohr Picart, Theresa Navarro

Summary: Bitter Melon is a "home for the holidays" dark comedy where a Filipino-American family plots to kill an abusive member.

Director: H.P. Mendoza

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 110 min

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G. Allen Johnson

Dec 6, 2018

What makes the movie smart is its refusal to cast Troy, a difficult role well-played by Epino, as strictly a villain. Instead, Mendoza delves into the cycle of violence that can be passed down through generations. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Dec 6, 2018

The complex tonal, textural and thematic mix here doesn’t always work, but it’s always interesting and often invigorating. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Dec 6, 2018

Although the first hour of Bitter Melon is a spiky and absorbing story of repressed feelings, the movie grinds to a halt in its final third as the characters talk things out, which might be helpful in life but in drama tends to belabor the obvious, as well as offer an easy exit. Read full review

Norman Gidney

Dec 6, 2018

There are scenes of utter brilliance and honesty, then clunky scenes of melodrama the next. Read full review

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