xoscubaox42 Review of Entre nos

Entre nos (2009)

A mother and her two children struggle on the streets of Queens New York. They lose everything but they end up succeeding in life at the end.

[9/10 · 5 March 2011]

Entre Nos was a very good movie. The name Entre Nos means between us in Spanish. All the hardships in the movie were between the family, and the secrets were between the family and the audience. Paola Mendoza wrote, directed, and starred in the movie, which was based off of her life as a young child. The themes of family, hard work, and sacrifice are present in the movie. The whole movie was about a mother and her two children who had a hard life. They had to try to survive living on the streets with nothing. They also had to work very hard. They had to do many little jobs that were labor intensive. They did as much as they could to survive. Finally, everyone had to sacrifice something in the family. The son sacrificed school and a childhood. He group up very fast so he could help support the family. He helped make money and watch his sister. The little girl had to sacrifice comfort. Little kids need comfort and stability in their life in order to feel same. Their mother sacrificed everything for her children. She went hungry while her children ate. She stayed up at night while her children slept. She had to lose a child because she couldn't support another one. The setting of the movie is on the streets of Queens, New York. It takes place probably about a decade ago. It is a very realistic setting. There are lots of people moving walking around and the streets are crowded. Everything is dirty and kind of loud. The music sets the scenes too because the music is Latin and the scenes are in the Latin part of Queens. The costumes are very good. The characters start out clean and they have nice clothes. Then as the movie goes on the clothes become dirtier and dirtier. Their clothes are very plain. At the very end of the movie the clothes get clean and better looking again. When they get their lives together they are able to clean their clothes and they are able to get better clothes. The makeup is very natural. You can't even tell they are wearing any. They lived on the street in the movie so of course there is no reason for them to be wearing a ton of makeup. The lighting was very interesting to me. The scenes are dark at the beginning of the movie and for the most part of it. At one point the camera focuses straight down and the lighting is overhead. This scene is very powerful to me. The lighting sets kind of a sad mood. At the end of the movie the lighting starts to become lighter and happier once their situation gets better. The lighting really sets the mood for this movie. I really enjoyed this movie. It was very interesting to watch a movie about events that really happened. It was hard to watch at some points, but I loved it! This is one of the best movies I've seen! The audience for this movie is probably over the age of 18. Some events aren't appropriate for children and important things may go over their heads.