American Adobo

R

Released Jan 25, 2002

1h 44m

Comedy

Drama

List

33%

Tomatometer

24 Reviews

38%

Audience Score

1,000+ Ratings

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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Critics Consensus

The characters and situations seem borrowed from overwrought sitcoms.

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Mario Tarradell

Dallas Morning News

American Adobo is entertaining and it's filled with fine performances from the ensemble cast.

Rated: B-

May 3, 2002

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Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post

The script by Vincent R. Nebrida ... tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot.

Rated: 2.5/5

Apr 12, 2002

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Moira MacDonald

Seattle Times

Mushes the college-friends genre (The Big Chill) together with the contrivances and overwrought emotion of soap operas.

Rated: 1.5/4

Mar 22, 2002

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Lonny Pugh

Out Magazine

Adobo is spiced up by a welcoming, authentic bicultural flavor.

May 25, 2022

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Jean Lowerison

San Diego Metropolitan

A sophomoric exploration of 'life problems' most people solved long ago -- or at least got tired of hearing people kvetch about.

Oct 21, 2002

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Paul Malcolm

L.A. Weekly

Guillen rarely gets beneath the surface of things. She lists ingredients, but never mixes and stirs.

Oct 3, 2002

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Audience Member

predictable filipino movie cheese, but there were some good silly moments only filipinos themselves would get.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

forgettable. funny, touching... but too cliche.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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bill t

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.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

I watched about 1/2 an hour of this rubbishy waste of time. Phillipino rubbish made in America - give it a big miss...

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

very very erotic! lolx ausam man!! just cheked it out!! :)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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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