Real Women Have Curves (2002)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Patricia Cardoso

Writers (WGA):

Josefina Lopez (play)
George LaVoo (teleplay) ...

Release Date:

8 November 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Real women take chances, have flaws, embrace life...

Plot:

This is the story of Ana, a first generation Mexican-American teenager on the verge of becoming a woman...

Plot Keywords:

High School | Sewing | Education | Latino | Mariachi Band

Awards:

7 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

America Ferrera	...	Ana Garcia
Lupe Ontiveros	...	Carmen Garcia
Ingrid Oliu	...	Estela Garcia
George Lopez	...	Mr. Guzman
Brian Sites	...	Jimmy
Soledad St. Hilaire	...	Pancha
Lourdes Perez	...	Rosali
Jorge Cervera Jr.	...	Raúl Garcia
Felipe de Alba	...	Grandfather
José Gerardo Zamora Jr.	...	Juan José
Edgar Lujan	...	Juan Martin
Lina Acosta	...	Norma
Celina Belizan	...	Glitz Receptionist (as Celina Belazin)
Ramona Garcia Coronado	...	Singing Woman
Marlene Forte	...	Mrs. Glass

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and some language.

Runtime:

90 min | Switzerland:87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Germany:o.Al. | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Bern) | UK:12A | USA:PG-13

Company:

HBO Independent Productions

Trivia:

The producers put out a casting call for girls who were "fat" or "overweight", and had thousands of girls show up who were clearly not fat or overweight, but all thought that they were.

Goofs:

Continuity: The photograph of Ana that is tucked into Carmen's bedroom mirror disappears and reappears between shots in the final scene.

Quotes:

Pancha: Like my grandmother used to say, "There's no better dressing than meat on bones."

Movie Connections:

Featured in "HBO First Look: Real Women Have Curves" (????)

Soundtrack:

Si En Un Final

Real Movies Have Scripts

Good acting and a nice idea betrayed by a script that continually states and re-states the obvious, is full of holes (wouldn't the father have offered the money to save the factory considering that both his daughters and his wife depended on it for their livelihood?) and talks down both to its own characters and to the audience. All in all a tremendous disappointment. Nowhere near as good a film about the Latino community of America as I Like It Like That, which I recommend instead.