When Brillante Mendoza’s movie “Serbis” first came out in 2008, I was urged by everyone to watch it ASAP. Part of the widespread enthusiasm for the movie came from how vividly and intensely it portrayed life in the Philippines from a different perspective than what Filipinos are accustomed to seeing in mainstream Philippine cinema. For once, how exotic and passionate Filipino social and sexual behavior looked in a film that was not dulled by the predictability and familiarity of other conventional Filipino movies.
Read more at Philippine American Writers and Artists, Inc.: Review: Brilliante Mendoza, 'Serbis' (2008)