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Summary: Cheech at his best
Review: I haven't seen the DVD version, so I can only blab on and on about movie itself. A classic! Cheech is definitely influenced by a bit of Chaplin...not so much for the physical comedy but for his tramp-like persona who ends up warming the characters' and audience's hearts. Political themes, too...the Reagan-era round 'em up policies that did, in fact, ensnare citizens and permanent residents along with undocumented residents. The beginning shows how the INS busted the workers (and Cheech's Rudy), not the owner of the manufacturing plant. Rudy also grows as an individual. He was living with his mom (the always good, when not typecast, Lupe Ontiveros), checking out French women after a failed marriage in Germany. By the end of the film, he's in love with a hard working Latina and is no longer the self-centered loaf he once was. And funny! Tony Plano as Feo (and damn he's f'ugly!), Paul Rodriguez as cousin Javier ("Jesus esta en Tijuana???") and Daniel Stern as the wily, entrepeneureal Jimmy round off the cast of sillies.
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Summary: I Love this Movie
Review: I love this movie, it's a fun one. Nothing too deep, just something to be entertained by. I was a little disapointed that it is not availible in the widescreen verson. I havent seen this film in years until I got it the DVD I watched it and it just seemed like something was missing, I then found out that they had edited out some footage. I don't remember what was cut, but i'd prefer to see the movie in its entirety. If not for those two draw backs I would have given this DVD 4 stars.
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Summary: great movie, not so great dvd
Review: I love this movie, so I was going to buy this DVD no matter what. But I wish they would have included the alternate ending. Also, the DVD isn't widescreen and there are no extras whatsoever. I'm hoping a "collector's edition" will be released with these features but I doubt "Born in East L.A." is popular enough to warrant that. As far as the movie itself, it is very funny and is full of hilarious characters.
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Summary: great movie, not so great dvd
Review: I love this movie, so I was going to buy this DVD no matter what. But I wish they would have included the alternate ending. Also, the DVD isn't widescreen and there are no extras whatsoever. I'm hoping a "collector's edition" will be released with these features but I doubt "Born in East L.A." is popular enough to warrant that. As far as the movie itself, it is very funny and is full of hilarious characters.
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Summary: Funny - Eye Opening for non-Latinos
Review: If you enjoy watching Cheech, you will enjoy this movie.
This movie will be very funny for Latino viewers or people in general who are from Southern California.
Other viewers may not find it particularly funny especially if they are not familiar with the struggles of the Latino working class. 98% of what you see in this movie is true. Sure there are a couple exaggerations, but for the most part, it is an eye opener.
Cheech does a great job and really expands his serious acting ability. I really like when he is in Tijuana and sings in German for the German tourists (his character was previously in the army stationed in Germany). I think his character, unlike most Hollywood movies, shows that most Americans of Mexican descent are decent, hard working people.
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Summary: I hate universal studios
Review: im very disspointed in this movie because this is not widescreen at all. they just cut the movie top and bottom so that it may look like its widescreen. so in other words you are seeing less picture of the movie. if Universal couldn't do it then why did they released it anyway. those lazy people. this same problem happened to the Back to the Future movies. they cut the top and bottom parts of the movies and make you think they are widescreen. lots of people complained about this. dont buy dvds from Universal. just go to your local video store and rent them on vhs. at least this has the full screen version and a trailer.
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Summary: GREATEST CHEECH MOVIE ALIVE!
Review: ITS A OK MOVIE BUT THEN THE END IS WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH UNTIL YOU CANT NO MORE.
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Summary: VERY ROMANTIC COMEDY
Review: LIKING LATINA WOMEN, I FOUND THIS MOVIE TO BE BOTH FUNNY & ROMANTIC. I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS MOVIE TO ANYONE THAT LIKES A GOOD ROMANTIC COMEDY. CHEECH IS DEFINETLY ON HIS GAME IN THIS MOVIE.
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Summary: for all you illiterate people...
Review: P>yeah i really enjoyed this movie. very funny but i wished universal would add the altrnate ending for the dvd. thats why this movie deserves 3 stars. -smiley
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Summary: there is a longer version
Review: The 85 minute theator version is a funny movie and relitively clean no swareing that I can remember and a sweet love story. but there is a longer (105 minute?) verson the plays on tv sometimes. it tells a much fuller story. extra footage explains how rudy and girl friend end up on the parade float. it also fleshes out the mutual parrel rudy faces from both the imagration officer and the coyotes... people who transport and sometimes abuse illeagles. in the longer version paul rodregus has even more funny parts and the storycomes together as a whole. It is a shame the longer version is not avaible especaly in widescreen in DVDironicaly the girl next door type that he falls in love with is much more beuitiful than the knockout in the opening credits that atracts every male from firemen to lowriders. The love story touched my heart and it rang especaly true how rudy and his girl end up "sleeping together" truely a movie you could watch with your mother in the room.
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