I'm all for a funny, stereotypical, cheeky cultural film that has the ability to poke fun at itself, but this was just plain offensive and stupid.
Truthfully, there are more tactful and meaningful ways to represent the Filipino culture, and as a Filipino-American, I found this entire thing to be in poor taste for the crass humor, storylines, ridiculous references, and ways of representing the Filipino culture externally. Not everything needed to be such a sarcastic farce of what it means to be Filipino or a Filipino-American. There's a lot of pride and a lot of opportunity to showcase the wonderful parts of our culture; this was NOT it.
Truthfully, I couldn't even finish the film. It didn't warrant even a single second more.
Truthfully, there are more tactful and meaningful ways to represent the Filipino culture, and as a Filipino-American, I found this entire thing to be in poor taste for the crass humor, storylines, ridiculous references, and ways of representing the Filipino culture externally. Not everything needed to be such a sarcastic farce of what it means to be Filipino or a Filipino-American. There's a lot of pride and a lot of opportunity to showcase the wonderful parts of our culture; this was NOT it.
Truthfully, I couldn't even finish the film. It didn't warrant even a single second more.