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Plot Summary
Real women take chances, have flaws, embrace life...and have curves. For 18-year-old Ana, not everybody appreciates the direction in which her appetites are taking her. In her feature film debut, America Ferrera stars as Ana, a first-generation Mexican-American from East L.A., who struggles to strike a balance between her mainstream ambitions of attending college and her traditional cultural heritage--as personified by Ana's needy mother, who wants the girl to work at the family's sewing factory. Lupe Ontiveros and George Lopez co-star in this delightful coming-of-age film that was based on a play by Josefina Lopez. Directed by Patricia Cardoso; teleplay by Josefina Lopez and George LaVoo.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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83%- Reviews Counted: 84
- Fresh: 70
- Rotten: 14
- Average Rating: 6.8/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: Patricia Cardoso's first film is a marvel of pointed humor, and Ontiveros and Ferrera could not be better.
Fresh: A warm, funny family story that defies popular notions about immigrant families.
Fresh: [Ferrera] has the charisma of a young woman who knows how to hold the screen.
Rotten: It's so underwritten that you can't figure out just where the other characters, including Ana's father and grandfather, come down on the issue of Ana's future.
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