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Metascore
10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanTries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot.
- 50Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasAn intimate, good-humored ethnic comedy like numerous others but cuts deeper than expected.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceAdobo doesn't exoticize the culture so much as leaven it with a sense of ordinariness.
- 40New Times (L.A.)Andy KleinNew Times (L.A.)Andy KleinThe film is reasonably entertaining, though it begins to drag two-thirds through, when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy.
- 38New York PostNew York PostMarinated in clichés and mawkish dialogue.
- 38New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsOffers traditional cinematic gab about marital status, sexual orientation, nationality and degree of fulfillment.
- 30TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThough clearly well-intentioned, this cross-cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted.
- 30The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenAs 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.
- 25San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannThe movie is stiff and schmaltzy and clumsily directed.
- 20L.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmL.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmThe 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.