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Bitter Melon
Directed by
H.P. Mendoza
2018
1h 50m
Comedy
,
Crime
,
and more
5.8
86%
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Bitter Melon is a "home for the holidays" dark comedy where a Filipino-American family plots to kill an abusive member.
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Cast of Bitter Melon
Jon Norman Schneider
Declan
Patrick Epino
Troy
Brian Rivera
Moe
L.A. Renigen
Tiva
Theresa Navarro
Shelly
Josephine de Jesus
Prisa
Amelie Anima
Mina
Sohr Picart
Divina
Jonathan Enerva
Boy
Esperanza Catubig
Jeannie
Anna Ishida
Lisa
Corey Jackson
Marcus
Ryan Morales
Lionel
Safiya Fredericks
Julie
Vint Carmona
Rogelio
Kyle Casey Chu
Jason
H.P. Mendoza
Director / Writer
Michael Oberst
Producer
Brian Benson
Producer
Mark Del Lima
Producer
Bitter Melon Ratings & Reviews
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
Bold, heartfelt and refreshingly unpredictable.
New York Times
Ben Kenigsberg
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.
San Francisco Chronicle
G. Allen Johnson
An intriguing and absorbing independent film...
Gay City News
Gary M. Kramer
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.
Film Threat
Norman Gidney
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.
Variety
Dennis Harvey
Domestic violence and black comedy don't seem a natural match, but to an impressive degree "Bitter Melon" pulls off their shotgun marriage.
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