Sunday 21 January 2024

Spanglish (2004 James L Brooks & scr)

Spanglish is great fun, up until roughly when the daughter Shelbie Bruce goes to posh school - then it becomes wayward and overlong. Overall though an entertaining ride, with Paz Vega becoming the new maid to Tea Leoni, Adam Sandler and Sarah Steele, plus granny Cloris Leachman (making her the second of two Last Picture Show alumni we see today).

Edited by Richard Marks (who was also a producer), shot by John Toll.

The scene in which Bruce interprets her mother is perhaps the highlight:





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