Spanglish- Hollywood Movie| The Critique

In the shelf, when I saw the DVD, the first imprint was of a typical hilarious laughter-riot because it was an Adam Sandler movie. But somewhat the cover appeared calmer than any other Sandler motion. It has a very homely feel of a genre Sandler usually doesn’t represent. The TV screen revealed my guess. Spanglish is a sweet semi-romantic urban story of two families have different social and financial background.

Story is about a Mexican lady Flor and her daughter Christina. Flor works at house of John and Deborah Clasky. John (Adam Sandler) has a restaurant and is leading a nice and peaceful life with his wife, two kids and Deborah’s mother. Flor doesn’t know English and Clasky’s don’t understand Spanish (what Flor being Mexican speaks). However, somehow they manage and Claskys accept Flor with greatest heart. When summer comes and Claskys move to their summer home, they want Flor with them and Christina has to accompany her. There the kids become friends. Deborah has a complex that her daughter is not beautiful and when she finds Christina to be beautiful, she tries to shower her with all affection she wanted to shower on her own daughter. Flor doesn’t approve to this. Things get worse after this point as Deborah’s secret affair is revealed to John and John drifts towards Flor. At that point even you will feel like pairing them but they keep a distance…

It is a very simple story with a dash of romance and few very sweet moments where Flor is trying to learn English. The lingual parity is the high of the movie. Adam is calm and extremely into the character. He is a gem of an actor. Paz Vega in her first English movie has being a revelation and the way she carries the role is worth applause. She didn’t know English prior to filming of the movie.

This is a good watch if you like simple movies. Don’t expect laughter riot because it is not of that category at the first place. Enjoy…

written by: Sujoy Ghosh