BITTER MELON is the third feature film from filmmaker H.P. Mendoza (Colma: The Musical, Fruit Fly, I Am a Ghost). It is the story of a Filipino-American family who reunites for a Christmas party at the family home in San Francisco only to find out that Troy, the second oldest child, has been ruling the house with fear-intimidating everyone who lives there-including his mother, and even physically abusing his wife. What starts as a fun holiday reunion turns into a darkly humor... (Full plot summary below)
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BITTER MELON is the third feature film from filmmaker H.P. Mendoza (Colma: The Musical, Fruit Fly, I Am a Ghost). It is the story of a Filipino-American family who reunites for a Christmas party at the family home in San Francisco only to find out that Troy, the second oldest child, has been ruling the house with fear-intimidating everyone who lives there-including his mother, and even physically abusing his wife. What starts as a fun holiday reunion turns into a darkly humorous crime scene as Declan, the youngest son, leads the family as they conspire on how to best murder the violent and abusive Troy.
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| San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonWhat makes the movie smart is its refusal to cast Troy, a difficult role well-played by Epino, as strictly a villain. Instead, Mendoza delves into the cycle of violence that can be passed down through generations. |
| New York TimesBen KenigsbergAlthough the first hour of Bitter Melon is a spiky and absorbing story of repressed feelings, 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. |
| NYC Movie GuruAvi OfferBold, heartfelt and refreshingly unpredictable. |
| VarietyDennis HarveyThe complex tonal, textural and thematic mix here doesn’t always work, but it’s always interesting and often invigorating. |
| Gay EssentialAlexander RyllOnly a brilliant and gifted director can manage to make grueling topics like domestic abuse mesh well with dry humor and dramedy. |
| Film ThreatNorm GidneyThere 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. |
| Gay City NewsGary M. KramerMendoza 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 ThreatNorman GidneyThere are scenes of utter brilliance and honesty, then clunky scenes of melodrama the next. |
