A period piece from coppola. A grand epic tale, about a mexican family, starting in the 1920s, and their future generations. Narrated by edward olmos. Jennifer lopez, esai morales, jimmy smits. A lot of the conversation is tongue in cheek, and many tall tales, told to impress the youngsters. But the audience is in on the joke. The strength is the positive message it has for mexicans, and their desire to work hard and make an honest living. But there's so much spanglish and repetition used, it's almost insulting. I'm sure it's a sign of the times, since there probably weren't many mexican american actors shown on tv or in the movies back then. This struggle is symbolized by chucho, who just wants to make money, legally or otherwise. Papi tries to straighten him out, but chucho is too young to understand. Warning... racial slurs and swearing in english and spanish, so not for the young ones! It's pretty good! A little over the top in some spots. Directed by gregory nava. This film was nominated for best make-up, and nava had been nominated for el norté, ten years earlier.
Review of My Family/Mi familia
