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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Patricia Cardoso
Writers (WGA):
Josefina Lopez (play)
George LaVoo (teleplay) ...
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Release Date:
8 November 2002 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
Real women take chances, have flaws, embrace life...
Plot:
This is the story of Ana, a first generation Mexican-American teenager on the verge of becoming a woman... more | full synopsis
Awards:
7 wins & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
Weekly DVD & Blu-Ray Chopping List 11/03/2009
 (From Fangoria. 31 October 2009, 9:00 PM, PDT)

Rent: More Films About Innocence
 (From Tribeca Film. 3 August 2009, 3:00 AM, PDT)

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sexual content and some language.
Runtime:
90 min | Switzerland:87 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Spanish
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Germany:o.Al. | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Bern) | UK:12A | USA:PG-13

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Trivia:
The producers put out a casting call for girls who were "fat" or "overweight", and had thousands of girls show up who were clearly not fat or overweight, but all thought that they were. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Ana leaves the house with her grandfather for her date with Jimmy, her hair is straight. When she arrives at the restaurant, her hair is curled. more
Quotes:
[Rosali has just said she looked like a cow]
Ana: If you're a cow, then I'm a hippo.
Estela: And I'm an elephant.
Pancha: [laughing] And I'm Orca.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "HBO First Look: Real Women Have Curves" (????) more
Soundtrack:
La Niņa more

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Comments on the Film, 8 May 2004
Author: Christine Lyons (CLyons1@binghamton.edu) from Binghamton, NY

A coming of age story in which Ana (America Ferrera) deals with the effects of tradition, gender, social class and race on her future and on her family. The cinematic gaze on Ana is that she is a healthy sized Latin woman with curves and intelligence coming from a lower class family. Certain stereotypes of Latin people and women are reinforced in this movie in the form of Ana's mother, Carmen (Lupe Ontiveros) and sister, Estela (Ingrid Oliu), which are then in turn critiqued by Ana. For example, Ana's sister owns a clothing sweat-shop which relies on the upper class white people for everything. Estela fears the upper/dominant/powerful class, while Ana confronts them and makes her demands perfectly clear without compromising herself. Ana's mother has revolved her life around getting married and raising a family, while Ana refuses to compromise her future and dreams by taking a husband and household on before she really wants to.

The movie revolves primarily around Ana's college application. This is the plot device whose effects progress the film. The scholarship to the University is dependent upon the fact that Ana is a minority, and without the scholarship, Ana and her family make it clear that they could not financially afford to send Ana to college, which would then reproduce stereotypes of women and minorities of being less financially stable.

Eventually, both despite and with the help of her gender, race and social and economic class, Ana is able to advance herself and develop a sense of confidence in herself and her identity.

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