Review of Catfish in Black Bean Sauce

I watched this movie last night on the Black Stars channel, after being attracted to it by the story summary about two Vietnamese people being raised by a black couple.

I really did not expect a lot from the movie and had planned to switch channels after the first few minutes. Let me just say that I ended up not switching the channels at all.

I think that the director/writer has the role of the domineering Vietnamese mother down pat.

I felt that his "serious" storyline, the conflict that the Vietnamese brother and sister felt between the black couple who raised them and their newly found mother who abandoned them was great.

I felt that his "comedic" storyline, the Vietnamese brother trying to act like a "brother" and his roomate dating a transgender male was silly.

Overall, I think that this is a must see, especially for people who are from a different culture. It is important to see that if you are raised by loving and caring people, it does not matter if they look different from you.

ps. If you can understand Vietnamese, the movie is a whole lot funnier than the Vietnamese "brother" or transgender jokes.