Plot
A woman and her daughter emigrate from Mexico for a better life in America, where they start working for a family where the patriarch is a newly celebrated chef with an insecure wife.
Release Year: 2004
Rating: 6.6/10 (39,097 voted)
Critic's Score: 48/100
Director:
James L. Brooks
Stars: Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni, Paz Vega
Storyline John Clasky is a devoted dad whose skills as a chef have offered his family a very upscale life, including a summer home in Malibu and a breathtaking new Mexican housekeeper, named Flor. She and her daughter Cristina have recently emigrated to L.A. from Mexico and are trying to find a better life. When they move in with the Claskys for the summer, Flor has to fight for her daughter's soul as she discovers that life in a new country is perilous!
Cast: Adam Sandler
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John Clasky
Téa Leoni
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Deborah Clasky
Paz Vega
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Flor Moreno
Cloris Leachman
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Evelyn Wright
Shelbie Bruce
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Cristina Moreno
Sarah Steele
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Bernice 'Bernie' Clasky
Ian Hyland
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George 'Georgie' Clasky
Victoria Luna
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Cristina Moreno - Age 6
Cecilia Suárez
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Monica
(as Cecilia Suarez)
Ricardo Molina
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Flor's Husband
Brenda Canela
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Luz
Eddy Martin
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14-Year-Old Boy
Nicole Nieth
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Hostess at Fancy Restaurant
Jamie Kaler
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Businessman
James Lancaster
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Businessman
Filming Locations: Il Cielo - 9018 Burton Way, Beverly Hills, California, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $80,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend: $8,817,853
(USA)
(19 December 2004)
(2438 Screens)
Gross: $42,044,321
(USA)
(30 January 2005)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
There was a translator on the set as Paz Vega did not speak English and the director James L. Brooks did not speak Spanish.
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes:
Flor consistently speaks with a Castilian accent, not a Mexican one.
Quotes:
[first lines]
Boy's Voice:
[voiceover to scene of people reviewing applications]
To Dean of Admission, Princeton University. The most influential person in my life...
Girl's Voice:
...is Mother Teresa, whose example helped me overcome the arrogance which threatened after my 1600 SAT score in National Merit Scholarship
Girl's Voice #2:
...most influential person taught me the most important word I've ever learned; Aloha, which I... Narrator:
To the Dean of Admission, Princeton University, from Cristina Moreno. Most influential person, my Mother, No Contest!
User Review
loved the movie and was pleasantly surprised
Rating:
When I heard the title and learned that Adam Sandler was in this movie,
I had very low expectations. Boy, was I surprised. This is a wonderful
film, not at all the low-level fluff film I expected. All the female
actresses, young and old, are absolutely terrific, and Adam Sandler
does a respectable job in a semi-serious role. The writing is very
clever, and the film will elicit laughter as well as tears. I found my
self still thinking about the movie the next day, something that all
too often doesn't happen with today's highly forgettable films. One
caveat: this is really a movie for teens and up, not a kids' movie.
Aside from a bad word or two and a (hilarious) sex scene, the
underlying themes are quite adult. Enjoy!
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