The Perez Family (1995)
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 16
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 6
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Average Rating: 5.5/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 4
No consensus yet.
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Old and new loves are turned upside down through a complex case of mistaken identities in this romantic comedy-drama. In 1980, Juan Raul Perez (Alfred Molina) is released from a Cuban prison after spending 20 years behind bars and is allowed to join a mass emigration to the U.S. While Juan was incarcerated, his wife Carmela Perez (Anjelica Huston) escaped to Florida with their daughter, and Juan lives for the day when they can be reunited. En route to Miami, Juan meets Dottie Perez (Marisa
May 12, 1995 Wide
Apr 1, 2003
Hallmark Entertainment
Cast
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Marisa Tomei
Dottie Perez -
Alfred Molina
Juan Raul Perez -
Anjelica Huston
Carmela Perez -
Chazz Palminteri
Lt. John Pirelli -
Trini Alvarado
Teresa Perez -
Celia Cruz
Luz Pat -
Sarita Choudhury
Josette -
Ranjit Chowdhry
Ranjit Indian Immigrati... -
Ellen Cleghorne
Officer Rhoades -
Robert Escobar
Rivera -
Mel Gorham
Vilma/Raquel -
Salvadore Levy
Customer #2 -
Marc Macaulay
Male Volunteer -
Norman Max Maxwell
Gate Guard -
Lázaro Pérez
Armando "Papi" Perez -
Ruben Rabasa
Father Martinez -
Bill Sage
Steve Steverino -
Luis Torres
Guajiro Drummer #1 -
Vincent Gallo
Orlando -
Mira Nair
Woman Buying Flowers -
Antoni Corone
Security -
Ángeles González Sinde
Guajiro Drummer -
Billy Hopkins
Father Aiden -
Diego Wallraff
Angel Diaz -
Roberto Escobar
Rivera -
Angela Lanza
Flavia -
Gustavo Laborie
Cuban Official -
Luis Raul
News Photographer -
Melissa Ramone
Young Carmela -
Ana Carballosa
Woman of Many Faces -
José Felipe Padron
Felipe Perez -
Melissa Anne Acosta
Isabel -
Magaly Aguelo
Angel's Secretary -
Paloma Delaijrentil
Transvestite on Boat -
Bernard Fouquet
Customer -
Oscar Gonzalez
Old Guajiro -
Sandor Juan
Vendor -
Jorge Luis Ramone
Cuban Prison Guard -
Glenda Diaz Rigau
Giovanna -
Florencio Santana
Old Guajiro
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All Critics (28) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (6) | DVD (3)
Mira Nair's consistent exploration of the search for home is admirable, but her movie is burdened by an unconvincing ensemble that's unable to elevate the serio-comic exploration of Cuban immigrants into a poignant tale.
Top CriticMira Nair's Mississippi Masala found humor in ethnic chaos, and the Indian-born director does so again.
Sensuous and lush with a hint of Allende's magical realism in the bleeding of a man's broken heart and a string of rose petals trailing a line along the belly of a new lover.
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The idea as a film is quite comical I guess, collecting family members to create a fiamily, but it was simply a film with a little bit of potential that went horribly wrong.