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My Family

1995

Gregory Nava

Edward James Olmos, Esai Morales, Jennifer Lopez, Jimmy Smits ...

6.3

683

Drama Traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs. Maria and Jose, the first generation, come to Los Angeles, meet, marry, face deportation all in the 1930's. They establish their family in East L.A., and their children Chucho, Paco, Memo, Irene, Toni, and Jimmy deal with youth culture and the L.A. police in the 50's. As the second generation become adults in the 60's, the focus shifts to ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Caryn James The New York Times	"[Nava] is so sincere and single-minded here that he treats every scene in 'My Family' with equal importance, flattening out its drama."	NEU
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[This] story is told in images of startling beauty and great overflowing energy; it is rare to hear so much laughter from an audience that is also sometimes moved to tears (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"Corny but good-hearted (...) [It] will please critics and arthouse viewers less than more general audiences"	NEU
United States	Alison Macor Austin Chronicle	"[It] seems to speed through the important developments in this family's history (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Tom Charity Time Out	"It's shapeless, but there's iron in its soul."	NEU

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