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American Adobo
Outrider Pictures

American Adobo reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 30 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
8.1 out of 10
based on 10 reviews
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based on 6 votes
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MPAA RATING: R for sexuality and language

Starring Traci Ann Wolfe, Randy Becker, Christopher De Leon, Paolo Montalban, and Dina Bonnevie

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


GENRE(S): Comedy  
WRITTEN BY: Vincent R. Nebrida  
DIRECTED BY: Laurice Guillen  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: May 27, 2003 
Video: December 31, 1969 
Theatrical: January 23, 2002 
RUNNING TIME: 105 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: Philippines 

What The Critics Said

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50
Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan
Tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot.
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50
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
An intimate, good-humored ethnic comedy like numerous others but cuts deeper than expected.
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50
Village Voice Wendy Lee
Adobo doesn't exoticize the culture so much as leaven it with a sense of ordinariness.
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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.
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38
New York Post Megan Turner
Marinated in clichés and mawkish dialogue.
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38
New York Daily News Jack Mathews
Offers traditional cinematic gab about marital status, sexual orientation, nationality and degree of fulfillment.
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30
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Though clearly well-intentioned, this cross-cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted.
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30
The New York Times 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.
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25
San Francisco Chronicle Edward Guthmann
The movie is stiff and schmaltzy and clumsily directed.
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20
LA Weekly 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.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 8.1 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

'pinionated pinay gave it a5:
Yes, it had good intentions. Yes, it had a good cast. And yes, it was "stiff and schmaltzy and clumsily directed." Basically your average Filipino movie, only transplanted to the States. Nothing really new; altogether disappointing.

American adobo busico gave it a 7:
It was interesting. At least it wasn't the typical crap being laid out today in the Philippine cinemas. I liked it and it was surprisingly enjoyable.

Jun R. gave it a 10:
I watched this movies twice in Fukuoka, Japan. I hope we can watch this movies everywhere in Japan.

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