Quinceañera

As smart and warmhearted an exploration of an upwardly mobile immigrant culture as American independent cinema has produced.Read Full Review »

At its core, Quinceañera, a modest but remarkably poignant comedy, is the story of a neighborhood.Read Full Review »

Quinceañera is a spirited and poignant exploration of the bonds and challenges facing a Latino family and the pains of a community undergoing a transition of its own.Read Full Review »

The film is suffused with the generous, nonjudgmental spirit of Uncle Tomas, whose live-and-let-live attitude warms like the sun and who helps Magdalena and Carlos make the safe passage from adolescence to maturity.Read Full Review »

As sweet and gentle as it is, Quinceañera is quite clear-eyed about human cruelty and indifference. In structure, however, there is a circularity to the film that allows it to end on a well-earned upbeat note.Read Full Review »

Quinceañera is a rare bird of an indie, a sharp-eyed analysis of class conflict that still manages to leave you as choked up as a proud auntie on her niece's 15th birthday.Read Full Review »

It's an engaging, sweet-yet-sad neighborhood slice of life, anchored by pretty cinematography and a couple of nice performances.Read Full Review »

Saucy, rowdy, heartfelt, and terribly sweet movie.Read Full Review »

It's not fierce, it's not angry, it's not radical, it's polite and what might be called "life-affirming." But it does have a couple of attributes most movies don't.Read Full Review »

Tthis isn't just any setup, is it: It's suds being sold as ethno-sensitive reality, a case of coveting thy neighbor's fiesta.Read Full Review »