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Under the Same Moon (2008)

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Reviews Counted:88

Fresh:64

Rotten:24

Average Rating:6.5/10

Consensus: If Under the Same Moon is often manipulative, it is also heartfelt, and features strong performances from its leads.

Rated: PG-13

Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Mar 19, 2008 Limited

Box Office: $12,507,834

Synopsis: Director Patricia Riggen delivers a heartwarming debut with UNDER THE SAME MOON. The story of the enduring bond between mother and son, the film stars Kate del Castillo as Rosario, a mother... Director Patricia Riggen delivers a heartwarming debut with UNDER THE SAME MOON. The story of the enduring bond between mother and son, the film stars Kate del Castillo as Rosario, a mother struggling to support her family in Mexico while living illegally in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, her son, Carlitos (Adrian Alonso), is left under the care of his grandmother. But when she dies, nine-year-old Carlitos embarks on a colorful and arduous journey across the border in search of his mother. The script has Carlitos narrowly escaping kidnapping, drug addicts, and Border Patrol workers, aided by the unlikely friendships he forges along the way. As we watch Rosario grapple with life as an illegal immigrant in Los Angeles, Carlitos's optimism and strength of spirit gain him a migrant worker (Eugenio Derbez) as a traveling companion. Riggen keeps a potentially depressing topic surprisingly light by including frequent musical interludes, and cinematographer Checco Varese takes care to create a visual journey that's stunning throughout. America Ferrera (UGLY BETTY, REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES) appears in a small role, but it is 13-year-old Alonso who steals the show as the brave, funny, and precocious Carlitos. Apart from the subtitles, the film offers family viewing for parents and children alike. While it touches on timely and pressing issues concerning immigration and discrimination, the film, which won a standing ovation at the Sundance Film Festival, works on a simpler level as well by focusing primarily on the sweet relationship between a mother and her son. [More]

Starring: America Ferrera, Adrian Alonso, Jesse Garcia, Kate Del Castillo

Starring: America Ferrera, Adrian Alonso, Jesse Garcia, Kate Del Castillo, Eugenio Derbez, Maya Zapata, Carmen Salinas

Director: Patricia Riggen

Director: Patricia Riggen
Screenwriter: Ligiah Villalobos
Producer: Patricia Riggen, Gerardo Barrera
Composer: Carlo Siliotto
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Peg Aloi
Peg Aloi
Boston Phoenix

Under the Same Moon puts a human face on illegal immigration. More than that, it gives it a human heart.

Full Review Source: Fayetteville Free Weekly | comment Comment
02/02/09
Tony Macklin
Tony Macklin
Fayetteville Free Weekly

Some plot twists and encounters go beyond broad brushstrokes for complex characterizations to make corny seem meaningful. Cast and music add richness beyond the predictable.

Full Review Source: Film-Forward.com | comment Comment
12/14/08
Nora Lee Mandel
Nora Lee Mandel
Film-Forward.com
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10/18/08
Bob Mondello
Bob Mondello
NPR.org

Its parallel stories of two lost souls seeking each other across geographical divides is never more than one small step away from mawkishness and cliché, and oftentimes less. But as a sociological study, it’s fascinating.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
10/18/08
Josh Rosenblatt
Josh Rosenblatt
Austin Chronicle

The argument of Under the Same Moon isn't news to anyone living near the border, but it does present the migrants' problems well and poignantly.

Full Review Source: San Diego Metropolitan | comment Comment
10/18/08
Jean Lowerison
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan

Patricia Riggen's feature debut proves that the terms crowd-pleaser and social-issue movie can apply to the same film.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
10/18/08
Susan Tavernetti
Susan Tavernetti
Palo Alto Weekly

I did dab my eyes several times as I exited the theater.

Full Review Source: Pajiba | comment Comment
09/10/08
Nathaniel Rogers
Nathaniel Rogers
Pajiba

the type of facile representations offered by the film do little to address the real issues at hand.

Full Review Source: Paste Magazine | comment Comment
07/30/08
Sean Gandert
Sean Gandert
Paste Magazine

I could pick apart the simplicities and unlikelinesses and inconsistencies of the overall tale, but that will never trump the enormous lump in my throat I was left with by the film’s end.

Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
06/20/08
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

This is a sweet, charming movie.

Full Review Source: Sin Magazine | comment Comment
06/08/08
Austin Kennedy
Austin Kennedy
Sin Magazine

There are only three types of [legal] U.S. citizens in the film: cartoonish rich elitists, drug addicts, and whiny young Chicanos who've shunned their Mexican heritage.

Full Review Source: The Cinema Source | comment 2 Comments
06/04/08
Michael Dance
Michael Dance
The Cinema Source

It's a movie guaranteed to leave you at the end with tears in your eyes and a big smile on your face.

Full Review Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette | comment Comment
05/02/08
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Thoroughly watchable with flashes of inspired filmmaking, and it has a sincerity that, even when wrong headed, cannot be denied.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
04/30/08
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

A beautifully rendered, unforgettable story of the invincible bond between a mother and son.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
04/20/08
Pete Hammond
Pete Hammond
Hollywood.com

The film is a romanticized, effectively personal and emotionally heightened story.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
04/18/08
Duane Dudek
Duane Dudek
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

What's stuck with me aren't the film's flaws but the success of its mission: It puts a real human face -- many human faces, in fact -- on a problem that many politicians would prefer to represent with a racist caricature.

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
04/18/08
John Beifuss
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

It's a bit of a guilty pleasure, with its formulas and its sap, but if it can get Lou Dobbs reaching for that Kleenex, it will have done its job.

Full Review Source: Film.com | comment Comment
04/13/08
Jonathan F. Richards
Jonathan F. Richards
Film.com
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If a few scenes are a bit stiff, some of the cast a little too telenovela photogenic, the leads' stubborn, yearning performances build just enough of a melodrama to soften the film's tough realism and earn a hopeful ending.

Full Review Source: Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada) | comment Comment
04/11/08
Brian Gibson
Brian Gibson
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)
 
 
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