My Family
Traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs. Maria and Jose, the first generation, come to Los Angeles, meet, marry, face deportation all in the 1930s. They establish their family in East L.A., and their children Chucho, Paco, Memo, Irene, Toni, and Jimmy deal with youth culture and the L.A. police in the '50s. As the second generation become adults in the '60s, the focus shifts to Jimmy, his marriage to Isabel (a Salvadorian refugee), their son, and Jimmy's journey to becoming a responsible parent.
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- Cast：
- Edward James Olmos , Jimmy Smits , Esai Morales , Jennifer Lopez , Jacob Vargas , Constance Marie , Jonathan Hernandez
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just watch it!
Good concept, poorly executed.
A Masterpiece!
It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
This is a wonderful and moving picture. Even the hardest person will shed a tear. Edward James Olmos is a great narrator. The accents are great, as well as the multi-lingual conversations.
The best person in this movie was Esai Morales who played Chucho. Too bad he dies early in this movie and Jimmy Smits looked like he was taking Chucho's place. It did have some violence that I have seen, quite awful, especially the tragedies. I hate tragedies. But it doesn't show violence at the end of the movie like most others. Plus I can't imagine a child being disgraceful to his parent.
The following tender scene (in an otherwise male-oriented movie) is totally unexpected: Jimmy Smits is a macho and is busy with his car, his wife (Elpidia Carrillo) whom he only married so she wouldn't be deported, comes up to him and changes the music in the cassette-player. She tries to get him to dance with her, right there on the street. At first he doesn't want to, but the way by how she finally succeeds is really a must to see. He even asks her at the end of the dance "Will you teach me how to salsa?". For only this scene one should rent the video, the rest of the movie isn't bad either!
I really enjoyed this movie. If you know anything about Mexican culture, it should really make you laugh! Of course, it also has its moments of tragedy but somehow everything ends up being okay. I liked it! It's definitely a movie that makes you feel!Esai Morales, Chucho, does an excellent job! I think it's some of the best acting I've ever seen him do.I hope you see it!
