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Bitter Melon
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In San Francisco, Christmas is another turning point for the Filipino family. The drama began when the Filipino family decided to spend Christmas in San Francisco, their hometown. But after they arrive, the family discovers that their son Troy was controlling the whole family with fear that frightens everyone who lives his brothers, his mother and his wife who beats her. The young man begins to intimidate everyone around him until his mother, which may make things take a completely different turn.
In San Francisco, Christmas is another turning point for the Filipino family. The drama began when the Filipino family decided to spend Christmas in San Francisco, their hometown. But after they arrive, the family discovers that their son Troy was controlling the whole family with fear that frightens everyone who lives his brothers, his mother and his wife who beats her. The young man begins to intimidate everyone around him until his mother, which may make things take a completely different turn.
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May 18, 2018
Domestic violence and black comedy don't seem a natural match, but to an impressive degree "Bitter Melon" pulls off their shotgun marriage.
November 03, 2018
Only a brilliant and gifted director can manage to make grueling topics like domestic abuse mesh well with dry humor and dramedy.
December 06, 2018
The movie grinds to a halt in its final third as the characters talk things out, which might be helpful in life but in drama tends to belabor the obvious, as well as offer an easy exit.
October 19, 2018
Mendoza adroitly sneaks in other messages, such as thoughtful discussions of both racism and effeminacy in the gay community. The cast is uniformly strong with Schneider particularly appealing as Declan, the perhaps-not-so-moral center of the family.
December 04, 2018
An intriguing and absorbing independent film...
September 17, 2018
There are scenes of utter brilliance and honesty, then clunky scenes of melodrama the next. The plot that exemplifies why we love independent cinema. We are off the rails where anything could happen and the story is at once cliché and bracingly original.