How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer (2005)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Georgina Riedel

Writer:

Georgina Riedel (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Love and sex. Some things just get better with age.

Plot:

Three generations of women in a Mexican American family experience sexual awakenings over the course of a summer. |

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Nov. 19	4:15 PM	TMC
Mon. Nov. 23	1:00 PM	TMC

Cast

Elizabeth Peña	...	Lolita
America Ferrera	...	Blanca
Lucy Gallardo	...	Dona Genoveva
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eliana Alexander	...	Nora
David Barrera	...	Sal's Uncle
Steven Bauer	...	Victor Reyes
Alek Carrera	...	Soap Opera Actor
Ana Cervantes	...	Doña Loda
Jorge Cervera	...	Don Pedro
Patricia De Leon	...	Soap Opera Actress
Marina Dena-Santo	...	Cuka
Alyssa Diaz	...	Rose
Ricki Lopez	...	Father Miguel
Leo Minaya	...	Sal
Alberto Montero	...	Freddie
Alberto Montero	...	Freddie
Ruben Moreno	...	Old Man
Rick Najera	...	Jose Luis
Marina Dena Santo	...	Cucka
Jane Sevilla	...	Carla
Perla Walters	...	Nena
Victor Wolf	...	Oswaldo

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content and some language.

Runtime:

Argentina:128 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) | USA:128 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Arizona, USA

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2008-05-17)" (2008)

For the Directors First Feature Give Credit Where Credit is due...

First off, after speaking to the director at the night of the Latin Film Festival here in New York, I would like to again commend her for a job well done. I am also a first time director so I definitely correlated to a lot of the jerky camera movements and experimental camera shots that were probably theorized but never executed to their fullest extent. There were also some doubtful moments with audio at times; however, having discussed these decisions with her personally I came to an understanding as to why they were done. This of course does not take away from the obvious, the film did drag, and it definitely needs some severe editing adjustments. The three raunchy sex scenes were left on screen for a reason, not only to try something new, but to give the audience a feel for a real life situation that women face in an every day environment. The scenes can be shortened however and still give the audience the same feel. The length they are at now makes the scenes disturbing and deteriorates from the comedic undertone that was originally intended by the director. There are many other comedic ploys executed that trick the audience into thinking something evident is about to happen, when it really doesn't. These techniques keep the audience in a(n) intriguing suspense, but you can only have our attention for so long.