My Family (DVD)
My family. 2004 . (DVD 791.4372 My)
My Family, an epic film drama, covers three generations of the fictional Sanchez Family. Filmed in 1995, Jimmy Smits, Esai Morales, and Edward James Olmos star as three brothers in a Mexican-American family whose father relocates from Mexico in the 1920s and raises his family into modern times in East Los Angeles. The film infuses bright color and exotic scenery with mysticism and humor to deliver a message of family unity and cultural pride amidst the soul-breaking humiliation of bigotry and financial struggle. Originally given quite favorable reviews from critics such as Roger Ebert, I found the characters, in my recent viewing, to be often cliché and the film’s style of humor lacking in subtlety. Still, I enjoyed the film and, in particular, the performances of actors Jacob Vargas, Jennifer Lopez, and Eduardo López Rojas. My Family contains some nudity and violence. (Russ K, Ref.)
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