Teringer An Exercise In Nonsense

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Matho The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Robert Oania I apologize if this critique is quite harsh, but I think American Adobo actually set back the progress that filipino influenced films could have had in the United States. This came out in California months after another Fil-Am film, The Debut arrived in Los Angeles. If it had any semblance of success in the US, it was likely because people were still hyped by the previous film, and did not realize that American Adobo was produced by Philippine filmmakers. As a result, the film came across as "too long", "overly dramatic", "difficult to follow", and "unbelievable story lines for drama". One must first look at Philippine culture to realize that in the Archipelago, there is a tendency to believe that "more is better". THis is manifested in the length of Philippine speeches, concerts, or recognition in any form. From the gay addition involving a son flying back to the Philippines to retrieve inadvertently sent photographs, to the eternally single "old maid" who married the fireman who saved her life after she trashed her apartment, the story lines are incomplete, dragging, and with the multiple plots make for a very confusing follow.However, there are parts that Americans will find funny simply because they are Philippine farce, and as such make absolutely no sense. For example, a female character gets so frustrated at a Mah Jong game, that she goes on a "roid rage", which in turn results in everyone leaving the house.FIlipinos who observe gay culture in their media would be delighted to see Christopher de Leon engage in an on screen kiss with another character in the movie.

joycesp Made me embarrassed to be Filipino. Oversentimental, disconnected, melodramatic drivel that plays on what some people think of as Filipino stereotypes, perpetuates them, and then attempts to put them together in one group setting. The acting is bad, the writing is bad -so do yourself a favor and save your rental fees.

b_u_t_f_l SPOILER AHEAD----------SPOILER AHEAD-------SPOILER AHEAD-I have classified this into 3 categories: BAD, BAD, acting by the ensemble cast, flat dialogue by Vincent R. Nebrida or the godawful direction by Laurice Guillen. This movie is a very poor copycat of their Asian counterpart, Man-Woman-Eat-Drink, but this one stinks-BIG TIME! Starts with a woman who cooks (adobo - a Filipino dish) and looks out the window, while she narrates the opening spiel of the movie -- all to the tune of some funny yet wanting to sound mystifying music that continues throughout the movie-it was irritating!"American Adobo" is a story about five Filipino best friends as they look for love in New York City. One character is gay (Davao), another is a soon to be old-mail (Picache-the only saving grace of this movie), the third one is a good-looking but shallow womanizer (Montalban), the fourth is an overacting socialite who doesn't know what the meaning of self worth (Bonnevie-too shallow acting, more shrills, shouts, very bad acting), the 5th one is an unhappily married guy (DeLeon). To top the already boring & too much hyped characterization, however dense, don't be surprised when the gay character tearfully reveals that he's been in love with the unhappily married guy for the longest time. Near the end of the film, the cook accidentally sets her apartment on fire and then falls in love with the firemen who saves her, the gay man accidentally mixes up letters to his lover and mother, thus he has to fly back to the Philippines to retrieve the letter containing sexy pics of him and his lover and before his mother finds out - WHEW!!! That is just to name the many senseless scenes in this movie. And why was the movie named American Adobo? If it is a metaphor of sorts, then it failed miserably to put forth the message it wants to convey.Watching this movie makes you want to drink a whole bottle of Maalox for your upset stomach after tasting that concoction named adobo.

lord_of_the_movies I have heard so many good reviews about this film, for me basically the movie is about, how do Filipinos adapt to a very different place. The film entails a lot of challenges in life one has to face especially if not in his homeland. The story is light, sad moments were not so sad, and funny moments were not so funny.One thing though, the film tends to over explain things, this would have done better. It is one of those movies that equates food into the story, this time i have hardly seen the connection, it did not show up to the mainstream of the movie.The characters did perform well, though some parts wherein they were acting unnaturally. The script is very light.Ricky Davao,I should say did very well in the movie, he deserves to be in the list of best actors in the Philippines.American Adobo tastes good,but it's overcooked. 5/10