Rotten
It's just predictable rom-com fare in need of a lot more spice.
Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail
From Prada to Nada
A riches to rags story.
2011 · 1h 47m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Angel Gracia
Overview
Two spoiled Beverly Hills sisters who have been left penniless after their father's sudden death are forced to move in with their estranged aunt in East Los Angeles.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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21%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The broad humour and cultural caricatures in the film's opening moments will be especially dispiriting to any English literature professors in the audience.
Jason Anderson, Toronto Star
Fresh
If the effort to shoehorn Austen's social commentary into a modern context sometimes seems nonsensical or forced, the actors-especially now-grown Spy Kid Vega-have charm to spare.
Ben Kenigsberg, Time Out New York
Rotten
There's something crassly disingenuous about the movie's blatant demographic pandering (hooray for immigration-panic jokes!) and half-a--ed condemnation of gluttony.
Aaron Hillis, Village Voice
Rotten
Simply put, From Prada To Nada is Sense And Sensibility For Dummies, as set in modern-day Los Angeles.
Tasha Robinson, AV Club
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