It would be a lovely thing if [Quinceanera] could break in to the local multiplex.
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08/18/06
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Quinceanera (2006)
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Reviews Counted:94
Fresh:81
Rotten:13
Average Rating:7.1/10
Consensus: This slice-of-life story of a teenage girl in Echo Park is both a sweet crowd-pleaser and a perceptive look at socioeconomic community issues.
Theatrical Release:Aug 4, 2006 Limited
Box Office: $1,540,873
Synopsis: Winner of the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, QUINCEAÑERA is a captivating tale of a teenager facing womanhood. Emily Rios gives a terrific... [More]
Starring: Emily Rios, Jesse Garcia, Chalo Gonzalez, J.R. Cruz
Director: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland
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Reviews for Quinceanera
A vivid portrait of an area going through big-time growing pains.
08/17/06
The result is something emotionally rewarding that blends both whimsy and realism.
08/17/06
What Quinceañera does offer is charm, sensitivity and intelligence, the qualities that garnered it both Audience and Grand Jury awards at the Sundance Film Festival.
08/17/06
What the movie lacks in visionary skill it makes up for in charm and wistfulness about the depleting effects of gentrification.
08/17/06
Top CriticWhile it doesn't have the tone of a film made by people who understand the Mexican-American social milieu from the inside, it boasts some likable performances and a life-affirming, if somewhat forced, faith in its characters' resilience.
08/17/06
It's such a warm and pleasant and human and humanist little film that it seems a tad rude to suggest that Quinceañera isn't all it needs to be in order to be a film worthy of wholehearted praise and recommendation.
08/16/06
Pleasant without being particularly distinctive.
08/16/06
There's an upbeat spirit to "Quinceañera" that reflects the indomitable soul of traditional Mexican beliefs and faith.
08/15/06
It's no spoiler to reveal that the film has a happy ending and no exaggeration to say I walked out of it with a spring in my step.
08/14/06
[Quinceanera] closes the door on bigger ideas about unexpected consequences and the sadness of waiting for opportunity that never comes.
08/13/06
... smart and irony-free ...
08/13/06
Top CriticQuinceanera is a spirited and poignant exploration of the bonds and challenges facing a Latino family and the pains of a community undergoing a transition of its own.
08/13/06
... veers off in a completely different direction -- actually numerous directions, all of which will entice you to follow.
08/13/06
Top Critic... a humble curtsy to the Echo Park area of Los Angeles, to Chicano resilience and the Mexican rite of 15-year-old girl virgins having a lavish party debut of adulthood.
08/13/06
... saucy, rowdy, heartfelt and terribly sweet movie ...
08/13/06
Top CriticWhile Rios, Garcia and Gonzalez are all good in their roles, more time should have been spent on the story and script, which was written in a paltry three weeks and it shows.
08/12/06
It's all such a throwback, and yet there's something rather sweet about the way this pot boils.
08/12/06
What makes this modest little movie better than it sounds is the insistent beating of its heart.
08/12/06
Top CriticWestmoreland and Glatzer adopt a bare-bones documentary-style approach for this sensitive, sharply observed tale.
08/12/06
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