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.
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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.
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... [More]
Starring: America Ferrera, Adrian Alonso, Jesse Garcia, Kate Del Castillo
Director: Patricia Riggen
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Reviews for Under the Same Moon
Does anybody seriously believe that mother and son will not reunite in the end? It's only a question of how, not if.
03/21/08
I wasn't having any of it. I don't believe it's the bloodied hand of cynicism either; just a natural response to clumsy filmmaking at its most pandering and unfairly exclusionary.
03/18/08
A parade of cheap shots designed to provoke knee-jerk reactions; only a montage of puppies being slaughtered would be more manipulative.
03/20/08
Whatever you feel about illegal immigration, those affected certainly deserve to have their stories heard, and they definitely deserve less mawkish and by-the-book stories than this.
03/20/08
This look at the Mexican immigrant experience offers a few new ideas to the currently hot topic , but it's hard not to feel like we've seen this sort of story too many times in recent years.
03/18/08
Suitable only for kids or for undiscerning immigrants happy to see themselves heroically portrayed on film.
03/18/08
Anyone looking for a deeper understanding of the immigrant experience won't find it in this disappointingly toothless drama.
03/19/08
Another one of those soft, simpleminded imports specifically designed for Western arthouse audiences, with everything spelled out in dialogue.
03/20/08
Some situations may be too tied to contemporary reality to receive a fairy-tale touch. The illegal immigrant experience is one of them.
03/19/08
Manipulative storytelling and overly simplistic handling of a divisive issue.
01/24/07
This largely Spanish-language film brings on the waterworks because its core story is undeniably affecting. The whole movie, however, would be more convincing if the elements around that vital core were more multidimensional and less contrived.
03/21/08
Top CriticTries so hard to put a human face on the immigration issue that it ends up feeling as genuine as a plastic Halloween mask.
03/21/08
a string of poorly-written, obvious clichés that litter the road many travel from Mexico City to the southern United States
04/09/08
A story that's too cute, too corny and too contrived.
04/04/08
A harmless feel-good movie that tries to tell audiences what it's like to be a victimized immigrant, and mostly winds up telling them what it's like to have their heartstrings yanked, gratuitiously and often.
03/20/08
[An] overly sentimental drama, which -- although sweetly well-intentioned -- is stereotypical and overwrought.
03/19/08
Cliched but well-staged.
03/21/08
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10/18/08
It's unfortunate the actors who play the principles are so clean, beautiful and moral as it adds a touch of the inauthentic to what I imagine is more of a complicated, issue-oriented debate. Still, they have their hearts in the right place.
03/20/08
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