This isn't a family -- or a film -- you'll easily forget.
– Elizabeth Weitzman,
New York Daily News,
30 Jan 2009
fresh:
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.
– Jonathan Curiel,
San Francisco Chronicle,
20 Feb 2009
fresh:
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.
– Wesley Morris,
Boston Globe,
26 Feb 2009
rotten:
You have been advised; proceed accordingly.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
9 Apr 2009
fresh:
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.