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List Price: $14.94 | | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 10180
Released: April 5, 2005 |
| Our Price: $2.12 |
| Used Price: $0.01 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
John Clasky (Adam Sandler) is a devoted dad whose skills as a chef have afforded his family (T=E9a Leoni, Cloris Leachman) a very upscale life, including a summer home in Malibu and a breathtaking new housekeeper, Flor (Paz Vega), who has recently immigrated to L.A. from Mexico, and is trying to find a better life for her remarkable daughter, Cristina (Shelbie Bruce), who is rapidly embracing the American way of life. When Flor and Cristina move in with the Claskys for the summer, Flor has to fight for her daughter's soul as she discovers that life in a new country is perilous...especially when you're being embraced by an affluent, eccentric American family.
Description of Spanglish:
Anyone familiar with writer/director James L. Brooks (Broadcast News, As Good As It Gets) knows the man has a real feel for interesting women and a disarming way with a one-liner. The main women in Spanglish are Deborah Clasky (Téa Leoni), a moneyed SoCal mom, and non-English speaking Flor Moreno (Paz Vega), the beautiful Latina whom Deborah hires as a housekeeper. The one-liners, some of them amusing, are everywhere. Brooks provides an intriguing set-up for the two women to butt heads--Deborah's pudgy daughter Bernice (Sarah Steele) needs the affection at which Flor excels, while Flor's clever, bi-lingual daughter Cristina (Shelbie Bruce) is enamored of the financial advantages Deborah can provide--then proceeds to make Deborah so hatefully ignorant you can't imagine why her neuroses are the main thrust of the film. And Deborah's celebrated chef husband John (Adam Sandler, way over his head) is such a perfect parent he doesn't seem human--what happened to the Brooks who had Terms of Endearment mom Debra Winger turn to her scowling little boy and grunt "Don't make me hit you in the street"? Cloris Leachman has a nifty supporting role as Deborah's boozy, ex-jazz singer mother, but it's only one offbeat chord in an earnest film that hits all the wrong notes. --Steve Wiecking
Spanglish Reviews:
good deal 
2009-10-31 - Good condition, got here fast, and the quality was great. I would definately buy from this retailer again.
A GREAT Movie!
2009-07-26 - I first saw this free on netflix online. I had to have this dvd so since I bought it have watched it MANY times over! I like most all AS movies on some level. It shows human relationships in a real and positive light.
Touching Drama, Not Typical Adam Sandler Movie
2009-06-20 - This is one of my favorite movies. It is a drama, not the slapstick type of Adam Sandler movie that you expect. It looks at culture, maternal love, being a good father while having a demanding career and how some children have to earn their parent's love, rather than getting the unconditional love they deserve. You will just hate how the mother treats her daughter in this movie, and love how the Latina housekeeper nurtures her. Don't let this movie get away; it is a heartwarming must see movie. Power Path to Love
Spanglish 
2009-05-03 - This movie prooves how in America speak english. Fortunately she was smart enough to learn the language.
Spanglish
2009-03-31 - It is a great movie. We have watched it many times & still enjoy it.
