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Spanglish
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6.0Mexican immigrant and single mother Flor Moreno finds housekeeping work with Deborah and John Clasky, a well-off couple with two children of their own. When Flor admits she can't handle the schedule because of her daughter, Cristina, Deborah decides they should move into the Clasky home. Cultures clash and tensions run high as Flor and the Claskys struggle to share space while raising their children on their own, and very different, terms.
Cast
- Adam Sandler as John Clasky
- Téa Leoni as Deborah Clasky
- Paz Vega as Flor Moreno
- Cloris Leachman as Evelyn Wright
- Shelbie Bruce as Christina
- Sarah Steele as Bernice
Themes
- immigrant
- class society
- mother
- husband wife relationship
- single parent
- language course
- upper class
- parent child relationship
- class
- illegal immigration
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Ratings
IMDb
6.4/10
92,438 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
54%
Metacritic
48/100
- Year
- 2004
- Runtime
- 131 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 5 wins & 15 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- James L. Brooks
- Written by
- James L. Brooks
- Produced by
- Julie Ansell James L. Brooks Richard Sakai
- Starring
- Adam Sandler Téa Leoni Paz Vega Cloris Leachman
- Narrated by
- Aimee Garcia
- Cinematography
- John Seale
- Edited by
- Richard Marks
- Music by
- Hans Zimmer
- Production companies
- Columbia Pictures , Gracie Films
- Distributed by
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Release date
- December 17, 2004 ( 2004-12-17 )
- Running time
- 131 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Budget
- $80 million
- Box office
- $55 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Spanglish is a 2004 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by James L. Brooks, and starring Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni, Paz Vega, and Cloris Leachman.
In the film, Cristina Moreno, a Mexican-born Princeton candidate, writes about a significant year in her life when her mother Flor, a woman who left Mexico with her for a better life in America, worked for a family whose patriarch is a newly celebrated chef with an insecure wife.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Spanglish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.