Directed by: James L. Brooks. With: Paz Vega, Adam Sandler, Tea Leoni, Shelbie Bruce, Cloris Leachman and Thomas Haden Church.
All I can really say about this is it is a competent drama, with some comedy thrown in, that didn't leave an extremely lasting impression, but who cares? The acting in this is really good, and you really care for or against certain characters. The direction was great. The writing was pretty good. The plot of this is Flor (Vega) is a Hispanic woman that only speaks Spanish hired as a maid for a dysfunctional family, and helping out a struggling father (Adam Sandler). Tea Leoni plays her part to perfection as the cheating wife that cares more for her maid's daughter than her own. Cloris Leachman plays the alcoholic mother that's in it for comic relief. I recommend this, not for a good laugh, but because it's a good, interesting movie.
My rating: *** out of ****. 108 mins. PG-13 for language, sexuality.
All I can really say about this is it is a competent drama, with some comedy thrown in, that didn't leave an extremely lasting impression, but who cares? The acting in this is really good, and you really care for or against certain characters. The direction was great. The writing was pretty good. The plot of this is Flor (Vega) is a Hispanic woman that only speaks Spanish hired as a maid for a dysfunctional family, and helping out a struggling father (Adam Sandler). Tea Leoni plays her part to perfection as the cheating wife that cares more for her maid's daughter than her own. Cloris Leachman plays the alcoholic mother that's in it for comic relief. I recommend this, not for a good laugh, but because it's a good, interesting movie.
My rating: *** out of ****. 108 mins. PG-13 for language, sexuality.