Spanglish Movie

The 2004 movie “Spanglish” stars Adam Sandler, Paz Vega and Téa Leoni and is directed by James L. Brooks.

The film is meant to showcase the inner workings of two strikingly different families and how their lives blend together. As is typical of the films by James L. Brooks, there are lots of humorous moments to offset the dramatic scenes.

Upon release in 2004, “Spanglish” was met with mixed critical reviews. Many of the negative reviews focused on the film’s length and how the balance of comedy and drama was not quite right.

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As a film that mixes comedy with deep sadness, “Spanglish” is both realistic and idealistic as well. When it comes to depicting California life accurately, I’d say it definitely achieves this. Without cramming it down our throats, it emphasizes the obvious differences in how people are treated depending on their wealth.

The reckless indifference and sense of superiority that some wealthy Californians often openly parade is shown in “Spanglish” in a raw, real way. It rings true to anyone who’s worked in a service position.

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Truth be told, it’s been a very long time since a “good” Adam Sandler movie has been released. Spanglish is considered “old” by most standards of movies, but if you look hard enough and you get your movie channels through www.satellitetv.net, you might just stumble across this sleeper hit.

Spanglish is decent. That’s about all anyone can ever say about it.

It doesn’t really blow anyone’s mind and it doesn’t really fail in any of its ambitions. The real problem is Adam Sandler and, really, the public perception of Mr. Sandler.

For every serious role Sandler has ever taken on, there are 30 or 40 buffoonish and idiotic roles to match against it. The public just can’t take Sandler seriously, regardless of his involvement in a semi-serious film like Spanglish. Unfortunately, the film suffers in no small way from this, but it’s not the film’s fault and, frankly, it’s not Sandler’s fault.

Much like Jim Carrey, Adam Sandler has been typecast as a loud, obnoxious and immature man-child and, regardless of that being true or not, it’s what people see, no matter how hard Sandler tries.

Spanglish is by no stretch of the imagination a bad movie. It just might have benefitted from an actor people could trust and believe in.

The main message of Spanglish is letting go of fear. It may seem like the girl that is writing the essay is the important piece. She is relevant, but only as a backdrop to the movie.

Most people that have seen Spanglish would not think twice about the daughter that was going to school. She narrates briefly in the beginning. She comes back with full forth in the end, but everyone has forgotten her. There are several things Read the rest of this entry »

Spanglish’s 5 Best Actors and Actresses…it was difficult in choosing the finest actors and actresses of this film. This movie was released on December 17, 2004 with a diverse cast. The formula was spot on, for lack of a better phrase which showed a single mom trying to make a living to support her daughter and who spoke very little English. She finds a family to work for, as their housekeeper but as time passes she sees that there is dysfunction, rather than the appearance of a picture-perfect family, as observed from the outside.
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Adam Sandler is known for his outrageous comedies and inappropriate characters. There are times when Sandler’s movies leaves much to the imagination but there is one film that is different. Spanglish is a film that Adam Sandler starred in, alongside Tea Leoni and Paz Vega. Released in 2004, Spanglish is about a woman and her child who moved from Mexico to the United States for a better life. The woman starts working for a chef and his wife. This film is a mixture of comedy and drama. Spanglish, due to its cast and storyline, is considered by Read the rest of this entry »