Spanglish

A Hispanic woman and her young daughter are thrown into the middle of a well-to-do but remarkably dysfunctional family in this comedy drama from writer and director James L. Brooks. Flor (Paz Vega) is a single mother who has struggled to support her daughter Cristina (Shelbie Bruce) working as a ...more

Spanglish will seem familiar in many ways to those familiar with James L. Brooks' work. The thematic center of the film is the relationship between Flor (Paz Vega) and her daughter. The first 20 minutes of the film sets up their characters and shows how the daughter's command of English helps her Spanish-speaking mother communicate -- communication and miscommunication being the motifs of the film. Brooks establishes the emotional and psychological impasse confronting the low-key John Clasky ...more