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Release Date:
8 November 2002 (USA)
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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...
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High School
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Sewing
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Education
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Latino
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Mariachi Band
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Awards:
7 wins
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3 nominations
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(6 articles)
Weekly DVD & Blu-Ray Chopping List 11/03/2009
(From Fangoria. 31 October 2009, 9:00 PM, PDT)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sexual content and some language.
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Runtime:
90 min | Switzerland:87 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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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
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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.
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Continuity: The photograph of Ana that is tucked into Carmen's bedroom mirror disappears and reappears between shots in the final scene.
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Featured in "HBO First Look: Real Women Have Curves" (????)
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Felicidades
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REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES (2002) ***1/2 America Ferrera, Lupe Ontiveros, Ingrid Oliu, George Lopez, Brian Sites, Soledad St. Hilaire, Dale E. Turner. Above average indie diamond in the rough slice of life portrayal of a Mexican American teenager (Ferrara in a remarkable acting debut) trying to cope with her dream to attend college and her quarrelsome relationship with her loving but problematic mother (Ontiveros who gives a beautifully modulated turn) whose own insecurities and frustrations are taken out on her zaftig daughter. Funny, poignant and ultimately a triumph in full-bodied (no pun intended) protagonists without compromising it's clear headed vision of how society and culture myopically decides what is pleasant to the eye (or acceptable for that matter). Finally a film that portrays Latinos in a positive light by not making it a ‘racial film' either. The screenplay by George LaVoo and Josefina Lopez (adapting her play) offers insight to familiar subject matter but with a refreshing focus on character development by not compromising it's strong message: to accept one self is to love one self. (Dir: Patricia Cardoso)