I saw "Spare Parts", starring George Lopez-Valentine's Day, Fatal Instinct; Marisa Tomei-The Lincoln Lawyer, Wild Hogs; Carlos PenaVega- Big Time Rush_tv, Little Birds; Alexa PenaVega-Machete Kills, Carmen in the Spy Kids movies, FYI:she is also married to Carlos and Jamie Lee Curtis-Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Trading Places.
This is based on a true story about 4 Hispanic-and also illegal-high school kids that competed against college kids in a scholastic competition. George plays a substitute teacher at the high school with lots of underprivileged students. He teaches science and engineering and only plans on being there for 4 months. Carlos is one of the students that wants to better himself. He is in the ROTC and decides to join the Army, but he can not enlist because he is an illegal. He finds out about an underwater robotics competition with lots of other schools competing and decides to form a work group with 3 other fellow students, with similar interests. Not only are the kids broke but so is the school. But George guides them in the fine art of begging for donations from some of the local merchants. Marisa plays a fellow teacher that also likes George romantically and Jamie Lee is the principal of the high school. Alexa plays Carlos' girlfriend-not a big stretch, seeing as how they are married in real life. They end up with about $800.00 for their budget and they find used auto parts-or you could say, spare parts-to complete their robot. In contrast, MIT and other schools spent around $18,000.00. At the end of the movie, you learn what all of the students are doing with their lives now and you also see pictures of the real people. It's rated "PG-13" for violence and language and has a running time of 1 hour & 23 minutes. It is a heart-warming story but not one that I would buy on DVD-one viewing was enough. It would be a good rental.
This is based on a true story about 4 Hispanic-and also illegal-high school kids that competed against college kids in a scholastic competition. George plays a substitute teacher at the high school with lots of underprivileged students. He teaches science and engineering and only plans on being there for 4 months. Carlos is one of the students that wants to better himself. He is in the ROTC and decides to join the Army, but he can not enlist because he is an illegal. He finds out about an underwater robotics competition with lots of other schools competing and decides to form a work group with 3 other fellow students, with similar interests. Not only are the kids broke but so is the school. But George guides them in the fine art of begging for donations from some of the local merchants. Marisa plays a fellow teacher that also likes George romantically and Jamie Lee is the principal of the high school. Alexa plays Carlos' girlfriend-not a big stretch, seeing as how they are married in real life. They end up with about $800.00 for their budget and they find used auto parts-or you could say, spare parts-to complete their robot. In contrast, MIT and other schools spent around $18,000.00. At the end of the movie, you learn what all of the students are doing with their lives now and you also see pictures of the real people. It's rated "PG-13" for violence and language and has a running time of 1 hour & 23 minutes. It is a heart-warming story but not one that I would buy on DVD-one viewing was enough. It would be a good rental.