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Marinated in clichés and mawkish dialogue.
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New Times (L.A.) by Andy Klein
The film is reasonably entertaining, though it begins to drag two-thirds through, when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy.
25
San Francisco Chronicle by Edward Guthmann
The movie is stiff and schmaltzy and clumsily directed.
38
New York Daily News by Jack Mathews
Offers traditional cinematic gab about marital status, sexual orientation, nationality and degree of fulfillment.
50
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
An intimate, good-humored ethnic comedy like numerous others but cuts deeper than expected.
30
TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh
Though clearly well-intentioned, this cross-cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted.
50
Washington Post by Michael O'Sullivan
Tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot.
20
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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The New York Times by 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.