"Slow Jam King is somewhat revolutionary in the sense that there's nothing else out there in the wide world of film quite like it. The pieces that comprise his weird-ass magnum opus are scattered across genres, and decades and countries, brought together by a highly skilled pastiche artist who's been suborning conventions since high school.... Just try to pin Steve Mallorca to a single culture or genre - a single profession for that matter - and you'll get to witness the stick-and-move skills that have made this musician-auteur a creative success. "
- Ghettoblaster Magazine

"Rambling road-trip comedy "Slow Jam King" offers agreeable shenanigans as three mismatched characters find themselves stuck together on a long drive from New York City to Nashville. Writer-director Steven E. Mallorca demonstrates resourcefulness on a minimalist budget . . . the Pic is a solid calling card that should attract fests looking for new Amerindie talent . . . game performances, nice use of locations and project's overall good-naturedness make "Slow Jam King" pleasant."
- Variety

"Director Steven E. Mallorca... has created a minor masterpiece with this, his feature debut. Ron Domingo's JoJo is an irascable hero that the audience can't help but root for... JoJo, as well as Vance and Devaun, grow more mature and insightful as the movie wears on."
- Visual Communication's L.A. Asian Pacific Film Festival

"Slow Jam King" takes its viewers through a journey of the challenges of racial appropriation and identity crisis, while the main characters seek to define themselves and their values... "Slow Jam King" is a worthwhile film that will entertain while also inducing self-reflection on the viewer."
- Philippine News

"Road trip movies are a venerated genre, and this one fits right in - the characters are well-drawn and you find yourself rooting for JoJo, DeVaun, and Vance's inevitable growth, maturity, and development as the movie develops. And any movie that includes an African-American cowboy country pop singer manipulating an eager media, three biracial couples, nostalgic sequences of Filipino R&B groups, scenes from East Midtown Manhattan, and a jamboree in West Virginia's got a pretty good sense of true American diversity . . . the movie itself is such a fun lark and the various twists and turns of the plot are so entertaining that it doesn't really matter how true to life it is. It's clearly a very, very personal project for Mallorca (and his country/hiphop/R&B songs are hilarious) - and we're always a sucker about the mixed-up nature of racial identities and American culture in the 21st century. Mallorca won the NY Asian-American Film Festival's Emerging Filmmaker Award this year, and it'll be great to see where he takes his career from here."
- SFist Magazine

"How in the world Steven Mallorca (who wrote, directed, produced, hell he event acted) makes a cohesive story involving a wannabe Filipino American thug, a black father and husband, and a white country singer/perfume salesman is really quite mind boggling. The script was excellent."
- Hyphen Magazine

"Wisely avoiding the flash and fury of most indie films, director Mallorca draws instead from the character-driven comedy of a RUSHMORE or SIDEWAYS, with an easy-going aesthetic and story-telling flair that never stumbles while it tackles more serious issues."
- NAATA San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival