Quinceañera
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72 out of 100

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  • Starring: Emily Rios, Jesse Garcia
  • Summary: Quinceañera is a look at what happens when teenage sexuality, age-old rituals and real estate prices collide. It is a story fueled by the racial, class and sexual tensions of Echo Park, a Latino neighborhood in transition. (Sony Pictures Classics)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Ruthe Stein
    100
    Glatzer and Westmoreland live in Echo Park, and they have given their film a remarkable sense of place.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    80
    As smart and warmhearted an exploration of an upwardly mobile immigrant culture as American independent cinema has produced.
  3. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Don R. Lewis
    80
    A pretty great little movie.
  4. Empire
    Reviewed by: Kim Newman
    60
    Refreshingly free of the gangs, guns and drugs clichés associated with the milieu, this is a satisfying, spicy little picture.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
  1. RyanM.
    10
    I loved how they developed each of the characters, which was kind of difficult considering the diversity of each of their backgrounds.
  2. NancyH
    8
    This movie grows on you. The supporting actors were obviously homegrown and the film had that flavor. But the story, humor and humanity carry this film thru. Give Emily Rios a few more years but Jesse Garcia is ready now. The actor who played Tio was the best--fabulous heart, voice, and humanity. It's amazing to see LA in this light--submerged in a subculture of Mexico. A very enjoyable film.… Expand
  3. ArmondA.
    7
    If there's one thing I hate it's a sappy, manipulative, feel-good-and-bring-the-tissues movie that makes conservative, church-going, anti-gay, abstinence-only, folks swell with self-satisfaction. This little movie-confection is as sweet for the rest of us. While it breaks no ground in technique or narrative, it contains a number of small surprises, particularly in its division of white hats and black hats among the various ethnic and social groups that form the fabric of the story. Perhaps this is the new century's version of William Saroyan's Human Comedy.… Expand
  4. WestSide
    0
    based completely on stereotypes. gee how original. i bet the screenplay was written in an LA starbucks (on the east side for some cred). 100% lame, even racist.… Expand

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