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Five Filipino-American friends deal with the everyday struggle to bridge two cultures, while attempting to define what happiness and security mean for them in an adopted homeland. Mike, a compromised ...( read more  read more... )news editor, cannot reconcile the shallowness of his material existence with his political activist past. Marissa, a beautiful but vain socialite, falls victim repeatedly to the sexual indiscretions of her boyfriend Sam. Raul, Marissa's young cousin, enjoys the life of a womanizer until his sudden comeuppance. Gerry, a closeted gay, bears the push and pull between his Roman Catholic mother and his HIV-positive lover. And Terre, an accountant in her mid-forties and still single, becomes increasingly insecure about herself and her chances to find love in America.

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R, 102 min.

Directed by: Laurice Guillen

Release Date: January 25, 2002

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DVD Release Date: May 20, 2003

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  • rohit119
    June 10, 2009
    rohit119
    i want a movie clip for this movie!!!!
  • stephcute1992
    April 27, 2009
    stephcute1992
    hope its as god as the others
  • zyr92085
    February 23, 2009
    zyr92085
    Diba sila nagsasawa sa adobo?!
  • piempenaflor
    September 15, 2007
    piempenaflor
    Sex is the appetizer. Love is the main course. Friendship is the dessert.

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March 22, 2002
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

Mushes the college-friends genre (The Big Chill) together with the contrivances and overwrought emotion of soap operas. full review

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