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A Better Life
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Suffering from the bad luck he has, Carlos Galindo, a young courageous single parent, who moves to California, where he works as a gardener to raise his son, whom he fears to join gangs...
Genre:
Drama
Actors:
Demián Bichir, Eddie Piolin Sotelo, Joaquín Cosio, José Julián, Nancy Lenehan, Gabriel Chavarria, Bobby Soto, Chelsea Rendon, Trampas Thompson, Tim Griffin, Valorie Hubbard, ...»
Director:
Chris Weitz
Country:
United States
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Played by:
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Cinema Writer
January 26, 2012 The silver lining is an excellent lead performance from Bichir.
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Tribune News Service
January 04, 2013 Well-acted, but quite over-hyped -- a melodramatic Mexican-American version of "Bicycle Thieves."
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Flick Filosopher
February 22, 2012 [A] gentle, honest, heartfelt film, but [it] does not have much to offer beyond an earnest respect for a segment of American society that is too often derided...
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Toronto Star
July 15, 2011 Personalizes the illegal immigrant experience and digs much deeper into what has become a national disgrace.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
July 15, 2011 Bichir redeems the secondhand plot and on-the-nose dialogue.
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NECN
August 26, 2012 A Better Life is a half-step removed from the Hallmark Hall of Fame.
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Globe and Mail
July 15, 2011 Bichir delivers a powerful, nuanced performance as a stoic but complex character who treats everyone -- even those who have wronged him -- with a dignity he rarely receives.
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Time Out
July 27, 2011 The didacticism takes the shine off Weitz's accomplishment, even if the film builds up enough empathy to generate slow-burning emotional impact.
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Detroit News
July 15, 2011 The people here seem real, their world is shaky at best, and the political tension that permeates everything in this film feels palpable.
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Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema
August 17, 2012 A Better Life's sense of place and eye for detail are strong, but the too-smooth style and rushed dramatics are at odds with the hardscrabble existence on display.
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AwardsCircuit.com
September 14, 2014 The film's beautiful simplicity is carried massively on the work of Demián Bichir, instantly and surely one of the best performances seen in 2011.
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