
In the town of Colma, just south of San Francisco, the dead outnumber the living one thousand to one. Here, one wouldn't expect teenagers to burst out in song, or dance around cemeteries and streets. But, that's exactly what happens. Best pals Rodel, Billy, and Maribel find themselves in a state of limbo; fresh out of high school, they are just beginning to explore a new world of part-time mall jobs and crashing college parties. As newfound revelations and romances challenge ... (Full plot summary below)
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In the town of Colma, just south of San Francisco, the dead outnumber the living one thousand to one. Here, one wouldn't expect teenagers to burst out in song, or dance around cemeteries and streets. But, that's exactly what happens. Best pals Rodel, Billy, and Maribel find themselves in a state of limbo; fresh out of high school, they are just beginning to explore a new world of part-time mall jobs and crashing college parties. As newfound revelations and romances challenge their relationships with one another and their parents, the trio must assess what to hold onto, and how to best follow their dreams. It's a love song to the city, and to the residents who dream of a better (and more musical) life.
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| The Tyee (British Columbia)Dorothy Woodend. . . Colma: The Musical is sweet, odd and utterly charming. |
| eFilmCritic.comDavid CorneliusColma is so blazingly original that it bursts off the screen with the sort of breathtaking energy that reminds you why you love movies in the first place. |
| Killer Movie ReviewsAndrea Chasebreezy and irreverent in idiom, yet it examines with sometimes wry, but always unflinching, even brutal, honesty, the impact and consequences of emotional betrayal. And it does so without missing a beat, or a combination step. |
| Reel.comPam GradyThis is one modern movie musical that has what its slicker, star-studded, far more lavishly financed brethren, such as Chicago and Dreamgirls, lack: real joy and a giddy love for the genre that imbues every frame. |
| Contra Costa TimesMary F. PolsUtterly original and unforgettable. It features 13 musical numbers written by H.P. Mendoza, all of them smart and fun and some of them so catchy you can't get them out of your head. |
| Slant MagazineEd GonzalezAfter film versions of Dreamgirls and Rent, Colma: The Musical feels like a palette cleanser. |
| San Francisco ChronicleRuthe SteinDeserves to be seen for its sheer originality and audacity. |
| New York PostKyle SmithThere is also something surgically sterile. The movie sounds as though it was recorded in a padded chamber instead of a bustling school, and it looks like it came from some alternate world, one that basks in the eternal sunshine of the spotless skin. |
| L.A. WeeklyScott FoundasThere is more wit, energy and imagination in any one frame of director Richard Wong and writer-composer-star H.P. Mendoza's original screen musical than in an entire decade's worth of lame Hollywood attempts to revivify the genre. |
| San Diego MetropolitanJean LowerisonColma: the Musical makes up in heart what it lacks in glitz and real, singable songs. |