American Adobo

American Adobo
Theatrical poster
Directed byLaurice Guillen
Written byVincent Nebrida
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyLee Meily
Edited byEfren Jarlego
Music byNonong Buencamino
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • September 21, 2001 (2001-09-21) (San Diego Asian Film Festival)
  • January 16, 2002 (2002-01-16) (Philippines)
  • January 25, 2002 (2002-01-25) (United States)
Running time
104 minutes
Countries
  • Philippines
  • United States
Languages
  • Filipino
  • English
Box officeUS$344,992 (US)

American Adobo is a 2002 Filipino romantic comedy film directed by Laurice Guillen. The film stars Cherry Pie Picache, Traci Ann Wolfe, Christopher de Leon, Dina Bonnevie, Ricky Davao, Paolo Montalban, Randy Becker, and Sandy Andolong. Written by Vincent Nebrida, it tells the story of five Filipino-American friends living in New York City dealing with love, sex, friendship, careers, and cultural identity. The title was derived from adobo, a very popular, famous and national dish in the Philippines.[1] The film was released on January 16, 2002 in the Philippines and January 25, 2002 in the United States.

  1. ^ Ochieng, Frank, American Adobo on filmcritic, archived from the original on 2011-12-10, retrieved 19 March 2012