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Spanglish [DVD] [2005] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

Adam Sandler , Téa Leoni , James L. Brooks    DVD
3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni, Paz Vega, Cloris Leachman, Shelbie Bruce
  • Directors: James L. Brooks
  • Writers: James L. Brooks
  • Producers: James L. Brooks, Aldric La'auli Porter, Christy Haubegger, Francine Maisler, Joan Bradshaw
  • Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: English, Spanish
  • Subtitles: English, French
  • Dubbed: French
  • Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: English
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Sony Pictures
  • DVD Release Date: 5 April 2005
  • Run Time: 131 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0007OCG56
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 146,036 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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From Amazon.co.uk

Anyone familiar with writer/director James L. Brooks (Broadcast News, As Good As It Gets) knows the man has a real feel for interesting women and a disarming way with a one-liner. The main women in Spanglish are Deborah Clasky (Téa Leoni), a moneyed SoCal mom, and non-English speaking Flor Moreno (Paz Vega), the beautiful Latina whom Deborah hires as a housekeeper. The one-liners, some of them amusing, are everywhere. Brooks provides an intriguing set-up for the two women to butt heads--Deborah's pudgy daughter Bernice (Sarah Steele) needs the affection at which Flor excels, while Flor's clever, bi-lingual daughter Cristina (Shelbie Bruce) is enamoured of the financial advantages Deborah can provide--then proceeds to make Deborah so hatefully ignorant you can't imagine why her neuroses are the main thrust of the film. And Deborah's celebrated chef husband John (Adam Sandler, way over his head) is such a perfect parent he doesn't seem human--what happened to the Brooks who had Terms of Endearment mom Debra Winger turn to her scowling little boy and grunt "Don't make me hit you in the street"? Cloris Leachman has a nifty supporting role as Deborah's boozy, ex-jazz singer mother, but it's only one offbeat chord in an earnest film that hits all the wrong notes. --Steve Wiecking, Amazon.com

Synopsis

For John Clasky (Adam Sandler), life as a celebrity chef means balancing a high-profile career and raising a family. So when his family hires a gorgeous new housekeeper from Mexico, John quickly learns it may be his life that needs translation!

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40 of 42 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars An absolutely wonderful surprise of a movie 13 July 2005
By Daniel Jolley HALL OF FAME TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
The first thing you need to know about Spanglish is that it is not a comedy; it is a drama with bits of humor spread throughout its two plus hours' running time. Adam Sandler is not the main focus of the film, nor is he the kind of boisterous character we are so used to seeing; he is, in fact, exceedingly mellow and serious here. Spanglish is really all about the boundaries of culture, economic standing, and social circles, centering on a Mexican mother who brings her daughter to America and spends several life-changing months working for a rich restaurant chef and his increasingly insane wife. This film has heart, and it has it in spades.

Paz Vega (who is, I have to say, absolutely gorgeous) plays Flor Moreno, a young mother who comes to America to give her daughter Cristina (Shelbie Bruce) the best life possible. Not knowing a word of English, she works two jobs to make ends meet - until she accepts a housekeeping job with the Clasky family. The Claskys are not exactly normal. The husband, John (Adam Sandler), is a wildly successful chef who always seems to be in sort of a fog, while the wife, Deborah (Tea Leoni), is a narcissistic woman with an ever-growing number of neuroses and an almost infinite capacity to annoy. Their daughter needs the kind of support that Deborah seems incapable of providing, while their son must have been put in the film as a favor to someone important because he serves no purpose whatsoever in the story. Cloris Leachman shines as Deborah's wise mother who has plenty of advice to give based on her own mistakes.

Things are going OK until the family rents a summer cottage on the beach, and Flor and Cristina move in. Suddenly, Cristina is given access to a world she has never known, and Deborah is particularly brazen about giving things to Cristina that Flor could never afford - even a scholarship to a swanky private school. John makes his own mistakes with Cristina and her mother, but he and Flor eventually develop what he might call a simpatico relationship. Deborah eventually becomes quite out of control, basically treating Cristina as her own daughter. Even as she is being isolated and alienated by Deborah, Flor begins drawing closer to John. Through it all, though, she makes all of her decisions based on her daughter's best interests.

I thought Spanglish was just an outstanding film. It may have gone a little far in terms of turning the audience completely against Deborah (Tea Leoni, I might add, seems to age about thirty years over the course of this film), but the central message of the film comes through loud and clear. You don't exactly close the book on these characters when the movie ends, as there is some ambiguity involved with the conclusion, but that seems quite fitting here. I thought Adam Sandler was terrific, but his casting for the role of John Clasky is a bit of a two-edged sword. Some Sandler fans will come to Spanglish expecting another extreme comedy and be surprised if not disappointed, while other viewers may turn away from the film because they assume it is another typical Sandler vehicle. I hope this movie continues to get the attention it deserves from all audiences, though, as it really is a wonderfully made film that tells an emotionally poignant story.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars warm! 2 Sep 2007
Format:DVD
This movie is not about gags or laughs, as many would think, since Adam Sandler is in it. Nevertheless, it is a beautiful movie, poetic, warm, interesting, nice flaw and tempo. If I would try to find a genre for the movie, I would say it is a story. The feeling is similar to reading a book, and will guarantee a nice, cozy summer evening, for those who seek some not so shallow entertainment.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Something underneath. 11 Jan 2006
By E. WISE
Format:DVD
It's nice to see Adam Sandler in another film which isn't a comedy.

I really enjoyed some elements of this film, it's got some quirky characters which in some way really don't fit with the serious underlying plot and character developments in this film. I think this already is what makes this film intresting.
It ahs it quirky moments to go with it's characters, the humour is very subtle in a very Wes Anderson esque way but far less pretentious and in a sort of pretty honest way.

Adam Sandler plays much like he did in 'Punch Drunk Love' a very believeable charcter. The charcter has elements of what we are use to from him but it's very much more grounded.
Paz Vega who plays Flor Moreno ( The maid/house help form mexico) is the main focus, the character is so loveable,and the language barrier between her and the family she works for provides some sort of child like naiviety which is juxtaposed with her daughter who almost lacks as she acts as the tranlator and in turn also begins to get sucked away from her mother. In short the stroy is about them.

I had to look past the average narration which starts the film and guides it every now and then, and unfortunately ends with it. Thats what made it so cliched. It has this subtle beauty underneath i felt and as you watch these peopel, quirky and intresting characters interact and develope, you can begin to realise this.

This is a nice film but had it's flaws, which do let down or take the shine off and on some level distract. It should be watched with an open mind and is definatley not everyones cup of tea. I would give it the time again because it makes me smile but a place in my DVD collection is another matter.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Spanglish
Fabulous film, loved it, a real tear jerker. One to watch with your mum/daughter. Adam Sandler, great as always :)
Published 2 months ago by Gwen Bonnici
5.0 out of 5 stars Superior!
s i m p l y d o e s n ' t g e t a n y b e t t e r !
Published 3 months ago by Christian Edlmayer
5.0 out of 5 stars Good for teachers of English
Great to introduce multiculturalism and multilingualism! Light, fun, but quite "serious" to debate immigration, cultural identity, along with family values. Read more
Published 3 months ago by moka
4.0 out of 5 stars Forbidden fruit
Spanglish follows Mexican mother Flor Moreno (Paz Vega) & daughter Cristina Moreno's (Shelbie Bruce) emigration to Los Angeles USA, where she is trying to find a better life for... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Jules
3.0 out of 5 stars You will love or hate this film
If you are thinking about watching this film because you think it's going to be an Adam sandler comedy then don't watch it because it's not. Read more
Published 15 months ago by jwest
1.0 out of 5 stars Complain
The DVD could be watched for 16 minutes. Afterwards there was neither image nor sound, although we tried several times, even switching the DVD player off and on.
Published 15 months ago by Dickand
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good...But not a Comedy...
On the front of the DVD it sais it is a Comedy...but its more of a Drama, and to be fair it is a very good drama. The acting is great especially by Adam Sandler and Paz Vega. Read more
Published on 6 May 2011 by T.Unwin
5.0 out of 5 stars A highly enjoyable comedy
This is a refreshing comedy that goes way above the standard "seen it and forgotten all about it"-type of comedies that we so often see in movie theaters these days. Read more
Published on 8 Nov 2010 by Jonathan G. Smith
4.0 out of 5 stars What a surprise
When I heard the title and learned that Adam Sandler was in this movie, I had very low expectations as he is not one of my favourite actors and generally I don't like his movies. Read more
Published on 7 May 2010 by RGH
3.0 out of 5 stars Culture Clash
Spanglish seems to have been written to take the extremes of the affluent American and the Latin American cultures to create sterotypical families which are brought together in... Read more
Published on 11 Oct 2009 by underthethumb
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