| An Important Film |
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| written by squad |
August 15, 2004 - 4:55 PM PDT |
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3 out of 6 members found this review helpful
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| I feel like a school teacher by saying that this is an important film, but that is the way I felt watching it. Why? Because the United States is also in the midst of the ability of people from all over the world to leave the problems of their home countries and seek a refuge of sorts in a new. It is just a reality of our times. Gritty and to the point the film chronicles the economics of illegal immigration from the viewpoint of a young teenager. It is definitely a coming of age film and as such I would want my children to see it when they are the same age as the boy in the film. The acting is all very good, as is the cinematography. The story also is very good, fast paced, interesting, and instructive. The ending, while abrupt, did point to a logical and probably just outcome, but I was a bit disappointed naturally wanting to see a happy ending somehow. But no, this is a movie about the world as it is, and that is why it felt important to me. |
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