Under the Same Moon (2008)
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Reviews Counted: 94
Fresh: 68 | Rotten: 26
If Under the Same Moon is often manipulative, it is also heartfelt, and features strong performances from its leads.
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Critic Reviews: 31
Fresh: 22 | Rotten: 9
If Under the Same Moon is often manipulative, it is also heartfelt, and features strong performances from its leads.
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The debut feature from director Patricia Riggen, this drama centers on a young boy's journey across the U.S./Mexico border to be reunited with his mother. Adrian Alonso stars as Carlitos, a Mexican adolescent living with his grandmother while his mother works as a maid in the U.S., hoping someday to send for her child. But when the grandmother dies unexpectedly, Carlitos must sneak across the border and seek out his mother. Featuring a supporting performance by America Ferrera of ABC's Ugly
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Cast
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Adrian Alonso
Carlos Reyes -
Kate del Castillo
Rosario -
Eugenio Derbez
Enrique -
Maya Zapata
Alicia -
Carmen Salinas
Doña Carmen, Doña Carm... -
Angelina Peláez
Benita Reyes -
Gabriel Porras
Paco -
America Ferrera
Martha -
Jesse Garcia
David -
Maria Rojo
Reyna -
Ignacio Guadalupe
Leonardo Sánchez Nava, ... -
Pailo Heitz
Billy -
Mário Almada
Godfather -
Ernesto D'Alessio
Oscar -
Isaac Bravo
Chito -
Gustavo Sanchez Parra
Manuel -
Catalina López
Josefina -
Yvette Mercedes
Border Patrol Agent -
Jacqueline Voltaire
Mrs. Mckenzie -
Darwyn Roanhorse
Motel Owner -
Sonya Smith
Mrs. Snyder -
Jorge Rojas
Mr. Snyder -
Guillermo Ríos
Güero, Güero, G? -
Gerardo Martínez
Immigrant -
David Norris
Tommy -
J. Teddy Garces
Policeman L.A. #1 -
Steve Neil Turner
Policeman L.A. #2 -
Sergio Barragán
Tatooed Young Man -
Samuel Loo
Philipino Man -
Mauricio Carmona
Ilegal Alien -
Lourdes Vicente
Motel Owner's Wife -
Carl Dillard
Border Patrol Agent #2 -
Barbara May
Bus Depo Ticket Teller -
Hiromi Kamata
Supermarket Waitress -
Eve Muller
Lady L.A. #1 -
Patricia Floresena
Lady L.A. #2 -
Norma Pablo
Chito's Mother -
Boris Kievsky
Russian Taxi Driver -
Irineo Alvarez
Mr. Doblado -
Renán Almendárez Coello
El Cucuy de la Mañana,... -
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All Critics (97) | Top Critics (32) | Fresh (69) | Rotten (27) | DVD (2)
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.
Top CriticIt's a warm drama that humanizes Americas current illegal immigration debate even as it sentimentally stacks the deck in favor of the undocumented.
The performances -- and the movie's sideways glance at the culture of illegal immigrants, including a funny song about Superman ('He has no social security and no green card') -- give the movie its nicely controlled vitality.
Under the Same Moon combines all the elements of an old-fashioned tear-jerker with the low-key, low-budget intelligence of a carefully crafted indie film.
The strong final third counterbalances the weaknesses of the first half.
An endearingly sweet fable about a hotly debated subject.
Tiptoes the line between tragedy and hope and never loses its balance in its account of life and luck in the US-Mexican borderlands.
Story of seperated mother and child doesn't carry much emotional impact. Makes you wonder how much mi madre really cares. Turns into a road drama with the kid headed to Los Angeles. Just couldn't care for the characters. Paul Chambers, CNN.
Under the Same Moon puts a human face on illegal immigration. More than that, it gives it a human heart.
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.
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.
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.
Patricia Riggen's feature debut proves that the terms crowd-pleaser and social-issue movie can apply to the same film.
I did dab my eyes several times as I exited the theater.
the type of facile representations offered by the film do little to address the real issues at hand.
Emotional immigration drama has mature themes.
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.
The inherent preposterousness of much of what transpires... is more than compensated for by the heartbreaking sincerity...
This is a sweet, charming movie.
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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Foreign Titles
- La misma luna (DE)
- Under the Same Moon (La misma luna) (UK)
