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Name: Spanglish
Released: 2004-12-16
Cast: Adam Sandler, Tea Leoni, Paz Vega, Cloris Leachman

Spanglish

PG-13
2h 11m
2004

53%

age 14+

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John Clasky (Adam Sandler) is a devoted dad whose skills as a chef have afforded his family (Téa Leoni, Cloris Leachman) a very upscale life, including a summer home in Malibu and a breathtaking new housekeeper, Flor (Paz Vega), who has recently immigrated to L.A. from Mexico, and is trying to find a better life for her remarkable daughter, Cristina (Shelbie Bruce), who is rapidly embracing the American way of life. When Flor and Cristina move in with the Claskys for the summer, Flor has to fight for her daughter's soul as she discovers that life in a new country is perilous...especially when you're being embraced by an affluent, eccentric American family!

Director:

James L. Brooks

Producer:

James L. Brooks, Richard Sakai, Julie Ansell

Writer:

James L. Brooks

Cast:

Adam Sandler, Tea Leoni, Paz Vega, Cloris Leachman

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

53%

Critics Consensus: Paz Vega shines, and Adam Sandler gives a performance of thoughtfulness and depth, but Spanglish is ultimately undermined by sitcommy plotting and unearned uplift.

Reviews

TheIndependentCritic.com

Richard Propes

It is a smart, sensitive, and entertaining comedy.

September 24, 2020

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Bowling Green Daily News

Micheal Compton

Sandler makes another step toward his transition from comedic actor to serious actor, while Leoni actually evokes sympathy for a character with some serious issues. But it is Vega who lifts Spanglish to its lofty heights.

Spanglish eventually comes off as compromised and awkward as its hybrid title suggests.

April 23, 2019

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The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Tara Thorne

It would be a tour de force in a film with focus, but Spanglish-at its most basic... is all over the... place.

Spanglish is a heartfelt, funny, sad, human story about what people want and what they should do; about culture's colliding and maintaining their individuality; and about what parents do for their children.

June 22, 2017

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Common Sense Media

age 14+

Common Sense Says

Mixed messages wrapped in stale stereotypes.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that this movie contains a mess of mixed messages all neatly wrapped in stereotypes. There is an unfeeling scene of simulated sex, adultery, cruel mother/daughter behavior, drinking, drinking, drinking, and lots of salty language and gestures.