Serbis 2008

Critics score:
81 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Manohla Dargis, New York Times: The Filipino movie Serbis is gentle, bawdy and at times rambunctiously, ticklishly rude. Read more

Scott Tobias, AV Club: Though [director] Mendoza doesn't care to resolve all of the many subplots he's jugging, the film gives a complete picture of a family, a business, and a city in disarray, and the looming fallout. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: Part-telenovela, part outlandish screwball comedy, part soft-porno, but completely without a road map, Serbis evokes Pedro Almodovar, Tennessee Williams, and 1940s and '50s Hollywood. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: This isn't a family -- or a film -- you'll easily forget. Read more

Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle: Serbis has the feel of a documentary, but a documentary can't accomplish what "Serbis" does: Take us to a corner of the world where sex and regret are so intimately entwined. Read more

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: You have been advised; proceed accordingly. Read more

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: While it has its gag-inducing moments, director Brillante Mendoza's film about a three-generational family that lives in and operates a rundown porn theatre is more sweet than twisted. Read more

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J. Hoberman, Village Voice: Serbis may be a raunch-fest, but it's also a mind-trip -- a raunch-fest with ideas. Read more