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Spanglish

  • 20042004
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 11m
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6.4/10
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Téa Leoni, Adam Sandler, Cloris Leachman, Paz Vega, and Sarah Steele in Spanglish (2004)
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A woman and her daughter emigrate from Mexico for a better life in America, where they start working for a family where the patriarch is a newly celebrated chef with an insecure wife.A woman and her daughter emigrate from Mexico for a better life in America, where they start working for a family where the patriarch is a newly celebrated chef with an insecure wife.A woman and her daughter emigrate from Mexico for a better life in America, where they start working for a family where the patriarch is a newly celebrated chef with an insecure wife.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
85K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,241
862
    • James L. Brooks
    • James L. Brooks
  • Stars
    • Adam Sandler
    • Téa Leoni
    • Paz Vega
    • James L. Brooks
    • James L. Brooks
  • Stars
    • Adam Sandler
    • Téa Leoni
    • Paz Vega
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 383User reviews
    • 126Critic reviews
    • 48Metascore
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    Téa Leoni in Spanglish (2004)
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    Paz Vega and Shelbie Bruce in Spanglish (2004)
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    Adam Sandler
    Adam Sandler
    • John Clasky
    Téa Leoni
    Téa Leoni
    • Deborah Clasky
    Paz Vega
    Paz Vega
    • Flor
    Cloris Leachman
    Cloris Leachman
    • Evelyn
    Shelbie Bruce
    Shelbie Bruce
    • Cristina
    Sarah Steele
    Sarah Steele
    • Bernice
    Ian Donovan Hyland
    Ian Donovan Hyland
    • Georgie
    • (as Ian Hyland)
    Victoria Luna
    Victoria Luna
    • Cristina (six years old)
    Cecilia Suárez
    Cecilia Suárez
    • Monica
    • (as Cecilia Suarez)
    Ricardo Molina
    Ricardo Molina
    • Flor's Husband
    Brenda Canela
    Brenda Canela
    • Luz
    Eddy Martin
    Eddy Martin
    • Fourteen-Year-Old Boy
    Nicole Nieth
    • Hostess at Fancy Restaurant
    Jamie Kaler
    Jamie Kaler
    • Businessman
    James Lancaster
    James Lancaster
    • Businessman
    Phil Rosenthal
    Phil Rosenthal
    • Pietro
    Angela Goethals
    Angela Goethals
    • Gwen
    Sean Smith
    Sean Smith
    • Victor - Maitre D'
      • James L. Brooks
      • James L. Brooks
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    • Trivia
      Two new scenes were shot when test audiences found the ending unsatisfying.
    • Goofs
      When Flor and her daughter are moving out, the green dress she is wearing seems to go from wet to dry to wet again.
    • Quotes

      Flor Moreno: Is what you want for yourself to become someone very different than me?

    • Crazy credits
      No actors were mistreated in the making of this film.
    • Connections
      Featured in HBO First Look: The Making of 'Spanglish' (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      Historia de un Amor
      Music by Carlos Eleta Almaran

      Lyrics by Carlos Eleta Almaran

      Performed by Luis Miguel

      Courtesy of Warner Music Latina

      By arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing

    User reviews383

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    8/10
    Interesting Social Commentary - SPANGLISH?
    SPANGLISH - a term with negative connotation to numerous Spanish-Americans (or at least to the first generation or older immigrants).

    As the title implies, the movie makes a very interesting and subtle social commentary about the Mexican American dynamics/contrast in society. Obviously as expected, the film illustrates a few stereotypes. For example, when Florrr's (played by Paz Vega) cousin, Cecilia hit the sliding glass door and her nose bled, the wife Deborah Clasky (played by Tia Leone) offered her money instead. It's sad but true in today's society.

    But what make the film interesting are its subtleties. For instance the casting and the characters itself. The producers could have hired a blonde blue eyed male lead instead of Adam Sandler, but they did not. Why? Because Sandler's character (John Clasky) is an antithesis of the wife, Deborah Clasky. She's blonde blue eyed superficial, emotionally disturbed, patronizing, solipsistic, white housewife, who the writer ( Brooks )probably wants to portray as the epitome of everything that is bad about white people - or Americans for that matter (however exaggerated they portrayed her to be). You can empathize with the husband's character and Adam Sandler played it very well. It's interesting to note, the husbands character's last name is Clasky - possibly his ancestors were immigrants as well. And his character is portrayed as someone who "gets it", someone who understands Florrr - an immigrant mother who wants her daughter raised with her own values and integrity even though she is only a lowly servant to the Clasky's.

    One of the interesting scenes in the film that I found very clever was the argument between Florrrr and John. It showed the two sides of the dynamic. While I was watching it I thought to myself, any other individual would immediately apologize and patronize the immigrant housemaid in the expense of goodwill. But I was surprised that Sandler's character actually called her a "hypocrite" instead, and she realized he has a point. Not to criticize her (it's probably what Deborah would have done) would be hypocritical as well. This is another social commentary that was written very well and cleverly portrayed in the film.

    The acting is equally superb. You could just hate some of the characters specially the housewife and the daughter Cristina Moreno (played by Shelbie Bruce). You can just empathize with Adam Sandler's character and his daughter, Bernice. The only people amongst the Claskys that is very adult. The grandmother's character on the other hand (played by Cloris Leachman ) whose always drinking provides a respite to the insanity in the story and ironically always the unobtrusive and yet emphatic character despite how she lived her life. In the end she was the voice of reason for the wife.

    Equally, the dialogue is worth mentioning. Interestingly, there are no subtitles on all the Spanish spoken dialogue but the audience can kind of get the gist of what's being said or argued. It can be distracting to some audiences but thankfully, Florrr's character learned to speak English in the second half of the film. Also, the Spanish without subtitles added a few good scenes in the film and added a positive credence to the title SPANGLISH. It illustrates how to write the quintessential part of the screenplay without making it too cliché.

    Overall, I liked this film. If you can look at it in the same light as I saw the film, you would enjoy it too and find it cleverly written and directed. Otherwise, it could be a little slow and the dialogue can be a little bit distracting. It doesn't help some of it is in Spanish and Adam sandler's character cannot express himself very well verbally.
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    • kvonnegut
    • Dec 30, 2004

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    • Release date
      • December 17, 2004 (United States)
      • United States
      • Sony Pictures
      • English
      • Spanish
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      • El Paso, Texas, USA
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Gracie Films
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