America Ferrera in "How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer"
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- Running time:
- 128 minutes
- Rated:
- R
- Cast:
- Elizabeth Peña -
- America Ferrera -
- Lucy Gallardo -
- Jorge Cervera Jr. -
- Rick Najera -
(2 ratings)
Big question: Does this look at three generations of women in a Mexican-American family honor its subject while speaking to a wider audience?
Catch it: The chase, the games, the seduction—these are universal experiences that play out in different ways and at different times for everyone. This debut feature from writer-director Georgina Riedel is an unusually mature depiction of female sexuality, daring to show women at 40 (or 70) seeking pleasure and recognizing the tingling excitement of feeling young and desired at any age.
Skip it: If you're uncomfortable seeing these gals struggling with loneliness and baser emotions while trying to determine if guys are only interested in one thing. Of course, it's easy to see that it applies to one bonehead after he declares, "What I would do to hips like yours."
Bottom line: Richness turns to routine when Lolita's sleazy ex-husband swings by and when Blanca gets slapped after talking back to her mother. Yet none of this is overdone; they're just the conventional valleys in an honest, sophisticated and very well-acted film that, like its heroines, is unafraid to be itself and make a mistake.
Bonus: It bears repeating: "Garcia Girls" is a sex-related, culturally specific and female-oriented drama that doesn't try to mine comedy from stereotypes, judge its women or suggest that all guys can't be trusted. Tell your friends!
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