My Family

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Summary: Insightful
Review: This movie is one of the best movies about Latinos, and the fact that real Latinos acted in the movie made it more powerful. The movie does show the Latino's emphasis on "la familia," but the heart of the movie--the bonds that connect people--transcends all ethnicities and races. On a personal note, as I watched the movie (over and over again!) I could hear mis padres' voices as they told me the stories of my grandparents as they fought for a new life in norteamerica and of "la chusa," the white owl that symbolizes death. Bravo for such a brave and insightful movie!

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Summary: A beautiful movie. Everybody should see this one
Review: This movie is the true story of most Mexican-American families in the US then and now. The acting was superb and the story line was great. The parents fighting to keep a family together and instill in them the goodness and traditions they brought from the old country. Not so different from other immigrants. Every family should see this movie.

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Summary: has a big moral to it and alot of conflict
Review: This movie showed the real side of latinofamily's it was not base just in gangs but with everything that surrounded them, and it also shows what some latino family's have to go throw to survive in this country and all the hard work to get where you want in live.

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Summary: This movie can hit the heart of any latino family
Review: This movie shows great pride of the chicano family. It had great meaning to my family,and it is a movie worth watching.

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Summary: Moving film of three generations of a Latino family
Review: Wonderful and emotional film. The acting is great. The final segment concerning Jimmy Smits is probably the most sensitive portrayal of a conflicted man struggling to develop a relationship with his young son ever put on film. Re-enforces the importance of family in a most powerful way.