Catfish in Black Bean Sauce Movie Review 2000

While serving in Vietnam, African-American Harold Williams (Winfield) saved the lives of Vietnamese Mai (Tom) and her young brother Dwayne (Lo) and he and wife Dolores (Alice) adopted the duo. Dwayne acts black and has a black girlfriend, Nina (Lathan), but married Mai has never forgotten her roots and announces to the stunned family that she has located her birth mother, Thanh (Chinh), and the woman is coming not only to visit but to live with her. But Thanh turns out to be a critical schemer, unreasonably jealous of the Williams', and determined to reclaim her grown children, no matter what the cost.

Distribution

First Look Home Entertainment, 8000 Sunset Blvd., East Penthouse, Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (323)337-1000, Fax: (323)337-1078, Email: info@firstlookmedia.com, URL: http://www.firstlookmedia.com, Remarks: A division of First Look Pictures

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 111 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Culture Clash, Adoption & Orphans, African America, Asia, Flashback, Monster Moms, Family Reunions

Screenplay

Chi Muoi Lo

Cast

Chi Muoi Lo, Lauren Tom, Kieu Chinh, Paul Winfield, Mary Alice, Sanaa Lathan, Tzi Ma, Tyler Christopher

Cinematography

Dean Lent

Director

Chi Muoi Lo

Music

Stanley A. Smith