Taglines: Home is where the crazy is.
Easter Sunday Movie Storyline. Joe Valencia is a comedian and struggling actor in Los Angeles, known for his beer commercial series. He is also a single father to his son Junior, though his work schedule often comes first. Joe’s agent Nick obtains a sitcom audition, but when the producer learns he is half-Filipino, the role turns stereotypical. The audition also causes Joe to miss a school meeting with Junior and his teachers. To compensate, Joe resolves to take Junior with him to his family’s Easter Sunday celebration in Daly City for the weekend.
Joe and Junior arrive and meet with Joe’s mom, Susan, and his sister, Regina, his cousin Eugene, his aunt Yvonne, uncle Arthur, and aunt Theresa (who is feuding with Susan). The family goes to church, where Joe learns Eugene wasted an investment meant for a taco truck on a “hype truck” selling useless merchandise.
Joe learns Eugene borrowed from a gangster named Dev in order to pay for the hype truck merchandise. They attempt to get money from a wealthy acquaintance Marvin by pawning off Manny Pacquiao’s boxing gloves from his fight with Oscar De La Hoya, which Eugene stole from Dev. Marvin refuses, knowing Dev’s ruthless reputation.
Joe and Eugene go to the mall with Junior, who runs into Tala, his crush, at her workplace. They find out Tala’s boss is Dev, who spots them and chases them out of the mall. Joe and Eugene go to a mysterious man, “The Jeweler”, who can help buy Pacquiao’s gloves. The Jeweler ends up being Lou Diamond Phillips, who agrees to give them the money they seek later.
On Easter Sunday, the family is preparing for dinner, but Nick informs Joe that he booked him a flight back to Los Angeles to meet with a producer for the show, and assures the role is guaranteed if Joe plays to stereotype, but Joe refuses. The flight also happens to be at the same time as the dinner. Junior invites Tala to the dinner, and everyone teases Junior about possibly having a girlfriend.
Susan and Theresa keep bickering, which is revealed to have begun when Theresa called Susan a bad mother for supposedly not taking care of Joe. As Joe calms them down, Junior sees Joe’s texts from Nick about the show, prompting Junior to call Joe a hypocrite. He storms out, and Tala runs after him. As the dinner grows more tense, Joe gives a speech about family and brings everyone together to sing karaoke, cheering everyone up. Susan and Theresa appear to reconcile, just as Dev and his goons arrive.
Easter Sunday is a 2022 American comedy film starring Jo Koy as a struggling actor, comedian, and single father who attends a gathering of his loud and dysfunctional Filipino American family on Easter Sunday. The film is directed by Jay Chandrasekhar and written by Ken Cheng and Kate Angelo, from a story by Cheng. In addition to Koy, the film stars Jimmy O. Yang, Tia Carrere, Brandon Wardell, Eva Noblezada, Lydia Gaston, Asif Ali, Rodney To, Eugene Cordero, Chandrasekhar, Tiffany Haddish, and Lou Diamond Phillips. Universal Pictures theatrically released the film on August 5, 2022. It received mixed reviews from critics.
Easter Sunday (2022)
Directed by: Jay Chandrasekhar
Starring: Jo Koy, Lydia Gaston, Brandon Wardell, Eva Noblezada, Carly Pope, Jay Chandrasekhar, Tia Carrere, Melody Butiu, Tiffany Haddish, Elena Juatco, Eugene Cordero, Lou Diamond Phillips
Screenplay by: Ken Cheng
Production Design by: Michael Joy
Cinematography by: Joe Collins
Film Editing by: Steven Sprung
Costume Design by: Patricia J. Henderson
Set Decoration by: Penny A. Chalmers, Andrea Mae Fenton
Art Direction by: Lucas Alzu
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some strong language and suggestive references..
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release Date: August 5, 2022
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