Really Surprised!

Fresh and Exciting

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

This movie describes the relationship between Ana and her mother. It can accurately portrait the value of a traditional Mexican woman. In the movie, we can see that the expectation of Ana's mother is so different from Ana while Ana is a first generation American born Mexican. Ana's mother has a strong sense of family value and the expectation on a traditional Mexican woman. In a particular scene, Ana was taught by her mother how to "walk like a woman" while we can also relate the last scene that Ana walked like a woman in New York. The director of this movie tries to convey a message that "real women" do not need to be defined by the society. If you have curves, then you are a real woman.

Immigration has been always an issue for Mexican's of low and middle class. Real Women Have Curves is a comedy film that was published in 2002 directed by Patricia Cardoso, produced by George LaVoo and written by Josefina Lopez. In addition, this film got seven awards from different organizations. Ana Garcia as America Ferrera is the protagonist of the film. Lupe Ontiveros as Carmen is Ana's mother who plays a major role in Ana's social life. Estela as Ingrid Oliu who is Ana's sister takes part in Ana's career life. Ana's high school teacher Mr. Guzman as George Lopez also participates strongly in Ana's academic life. Finally, Ana's father Raul Garcia as Jorge Cervera Jr does not cooperate effectively like Carmen in Ana's life. Ana lived in a poor Mexican American family in Los Angeles. Therefore, this encouraged Ana to provide more efforts in her academic career. Nevertheless, Ana is a smart senior Beverly Hills high school student, which is considered as one of the best high schools in California. Ana's efforts made her a good student at high school. However, Ana was around to graduate and her family decided to let her work with her sister Estela at her dress factory. This depressed Ana a lot since she had excellent grades in high school. Yet, Ana worked at her sister factory while she was trying to convince her family to let her complete her academic career. Nevertheless, Ana get supported by her teacher in high school Mr. Guzman who was impressed from Ana due to her academic performance. Acting in a flexible way was one obvious aspect in Real Women Have Curves film. The actors were seeking a film that represents the Latin impact on this group of people who live in the United States. Thus, Ana's family was outgoing people who are seeking joy through their daily activities. A clear illustration for that is when the actors show how they act normally in their social life and in their jobs. For instance, when Estela, Ana and the other women who works in the factory start dancing wearing bikinis and work at the same time. Another essential aspect of the film is playing the music with the scenes in different languages depending on the speaking language. The director Patricia Cardoso was succeeding in placing every scene with the appropriate music. Moreover, choosing Spanish music provides a Latin face of the film. A clear image for the previous point is when Ana's family suddenly starts speaking by Spanish depending on the events that are happening. For example, Carmen was famous by changing her language in an unexpected way, which makes the director play a Spanish kind of music when she is talking. In conclusion, Real Women Have Curves is one of the best movies that I have ever seen since I moved to the United States. This is because the film was Comedy in a different way in terms of the reality and the way of acting. As a result, I would give it 4.5 out of five that is because all of the film staff were not famous before this movies.

*** May contain spoilers. *** Sad to say, the lead character of REAL WOMAN HAVE CURVES, Ana, was ungrateful, disrespectful, inconsiderate and completely self-centered to the point of being utterly unlikable. Early in the film, Ana gives her teacher a gift in such a condescending and flip-off manner, that any normal adult would say good riddance and avoid her at all cost in the future.The rest of the movie is an endless series of encounters between Ana and assorted adults in which she rudely treats her elders with contempt and disdain. In Ana's world, no one ever deserves the privilege to speak except for her and her teen boy pal. Unappreciative Ana glares down at the lowly adults within her range with scorn and repugnance. Ana, the all superior one -- all hail Ana! A more interesting movie would be to eject stuck-up Ana and simply tell the story of the adults struggling to make a living having seen their healthiest days long ago.

I thought this movie was excellent! It was so funny and really portrayed a day in the life of a curvy woman. I loved the part when they took off their clothes at the factory. And it really shows the work that goes into making clothes and how they get nothing for it but the dresses get sold for hundreds of dollars.The emotional reactions of the daughter to the mothers nagging and belittling comments were very moving, I could feel her pain. I love how the daughter got up the strength to feel good about her body in spite of her mother. I would recommend this movie to anyone but especially young curvy girls that are struggling with self esteem issues.