Spanglish
I am moved by a motion picture that comes close to capturing emotion. It is a difficult task for a director to recreate the actual feelings that are experienced by you and I day in and day out. Few movies that I have seen are able to tackle this incredible feat. Spanglish was one of them. I found myself lost in its chaos, stranded by its language and impressed by the solidity of its characters. Let me explain:
When you find yourself in a crux, a deep canyon, where you can only take one of two ways - and the way that you choose will define your future much differently then they way you don’t choose - you spend a little time making the decision right? Your mind wobbles and and your brain moves at a thousand miles an hour. But all that distance that your brain covers doesn’t guarantee anything in the future. Thus, your mind continues to wobble and go crazy. It’s a pretty neat process if you ask me. Somehow Spanglish captures that. And that’s cool. The characters feel real - as if you know them. The situations they go through are actually conceivable (I had to look that up how to spell that).
So what’s it about? Relationships. Of all sorts. Mother-daughter, father-daughter, husband-wife, father-mother in-law, friends, co-workers and every other relationship you can imagine. I know that wasn’t super comprehensive, but that’s essentially what i think. If you need more detail shoot me an email. Go rent it.
Filed by ryanroth at April 18th, 2005 under Mowntins