Easter Sunday
A man returns home for an Easter celebration with his riotous, bickering, eating, drinking, laughing, loving family, in this love letter to the Filipino-American community.
- Released:
- Runtime: 120 minutes
- Genre: Comedy
- Stars: Jo Koy, Tia Carrere, Eugene Cordero, Brandon Wardell, Jimmy O. Yang, Tiffany Haddish, Lou Diamond Phillips, Asif Ali, Eva Noblezada, Michael Weaver, Dustin Ybarra, Gavin Matts
- Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Comments
- albertmorrison-24067 - 16 April 2023
First attempt needs to be a learning experience
Oh dear, this was a huge disappointment. Let me make it clear this is in no way a funny movie. Cheesy yes, but funny? Well there were a couple of funny moments but they were fleeting.
The 2 scenes that had Tiffany Haddish playing the cop and bouncing off Jo Koy, those were the fun bits. This movie did not make me LOL like what Jo Koy does when I watch his stand up either on his Netflix specials or the most special to me when I saw him life when he came to Australia that performance was really funny. It's probably a difficult thing to move over to comedy acting rather than stand up, even when your playing yourself. Maybe the script was too stifling for his natural comedic abilities. The movie had too much going on and tried too hard, some of the comedic acting was lame. I like the Filipino humour as I can related being the husband of a Filipina,. I hope his next attempt at a movie does a lot better and I hope he does make another movie. His first will be mostly forgotten and he could have dome so much better. Maybe he should have used his actual real mother and other family members in the movie rather than the actors. - arthur_tafero - 17 October 2022
Adequate Asian Comedy - Easter Sunday
This comedy vehicle for Jo Koy works as far as basic comedy elements are concerned. The writers Chandrasekhar and Angelo have done a competent job of writing a good story line and script for the film; something that is missing in well over 85% of all other 2023 films. The plot of family gathering during holidays is rather familiar to all audiences, but an Asian twist makes it a bit more original (as in Crazy Rich Asians). Jo Koy has excellent timing, and the supporting cast is entertaining in spots. This is a film that many of us can relate to, and I can recommend it without reservations, although you will need them to get tickets.
