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American Adobo

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The everyday struggles of people trying to bridge two cultures, as well as their attempt to find happiness in their new homeland. Tere (Cherrie Pie Picache), mid-forties and single, hosts a dinner for a friend visiting from Manila, Lorna. Invited are their New York City-based friends and former college classmates -- Mike (Christopher De Leon), a newspaper editor in his forties, Gerry (Ricky Davao), an advertising copywriter and closeted gay, and Marissa (Dina Bonnevie).
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The characters and situations seem borrowed from overwrought sitcoms.

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Mario Tarradell Dallas Morning News 05/03/2002
B-
American Adobo is entertaining and it's filled with fine performances from the ensemble cast. Go to Full Review Michael O'Sullivan Washington Post 04/12/2002
2.5/5
The script by Vincent R. Nebrida ... tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot. Go to Full Review Moira MacDonald Seattle Times 03/22/2002
1.5/4
Mushes the college-friends genre (The Big Chill) together with the contrivances and overwrought emotion of soap operas. Go to Full Review Lonny Pugh Out Magazine 05/25/2022
Adobo is spiced up by a welcoming, authentic bicultural flavor. Go to Full Review Jean Lowerison San Diego Metropolitan 10/21/2002
A sophomoric exploration of 'life problems' most people solved long ago -- or at least got tired of hearing people kvetch about. Go to Full Review Paul Malcolm L.A. Weekly 10/03/2002
Guillen rarely gets beneath the surface of things. She lists ingredients, but never mixes and stirs. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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06/09/2012 predictable filipino movie cheese, but there were some good silly moments only filipinos themselves would get. See more 06/18/2011 forgettable. funny, touching... but too cliche. See more bill t 06/11/2011 American Adobo takes an old, but effective premise, A movie with a food theme! and flavors it with a Philipino point of view. 5 immigrant friends get together quite frequently for Adobo, a type of Philipino meat dish and talk about what's been happening in their lives. The characters themselves, unfortunately are so stock. There's the philandering one, the political one, the ugky duckling one, the heartbroken one, and yes, the gay dude, complete with a boyfriend in the hospotal. Nothing unpredictable really happens, but I did like the premise, and made me hungry for Adobo, whatever that is. See more 06/11/2011 I watched about 1/2 an hour of this rubbishy waste of time. Phillipino rubbish made in America - give it a big miss... See more 08/26/2009 For a Filipino movie, I rather liked it. I admit, there were many moments when it fell into stale cliches, and the guy playing Raul is a pretty bad actor, but overall I enjoyed it and think it can give outsiders a small taste of Fil-Am culture. Now I need to go eat some adobo. See more 06/30/2009 very very erotic! lolx ausam man!! just cheked it out!! :) See more Read all reviews
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Laurice Guillen

Director

Christopher De Leon

Mike Manalastas

Dina Bonnevie

Marissa Tuazon

Ricky Davao

Gerry Payawal

Cherry Pie Picache

Teresita "Tere" Sanchez

Paolo Montalban

Raul Arboleda

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Synopsis The everyday struggles of people trying to bridge two cultures, as well as their attempt to find happiness in their new homeland. Tere (Cherrie Pie Picache), mid-forties and single, hosts a dinner for a friend visiting from Manila, Lorna. Invited are their New York City-based friends and former college classmates -- Mike (Christopher De Leon), a newspaper editor in his forties, Gerry (Ricky Davao), an advertising copywriter and closeted gay, and Marissa (Dina Bonnevie).
Director
Laurice Guillen
Producer
Vincent R. Nebrida, Tony Gloria, Steve Grenyo
Screenwriter
Vincent R. Nebrida
Distributor
Miramax Films
Production Co
Miramax
Rating
R (Language|Sexuality)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 25, 2002, Original
Release Date (DVD)
May 27, 2003
Box Office (Gross USA)
$342.9K
Runtime
1h 44m