Rotten
La Mission feels more like Sundance fodder from 20 or 25 years ago than something with much relevance today.
Scott Tobias, AV Club
La Mission
Growing up in the Mission district of San Francisco, Che Rivera has always had to be tough to survive.
2009 · 1h 57m · R
Drama
Directed by
Peter Bratt
Overview
Growing up in the Mission district of San Francisco, Che Rivera has always had to be tough to survive. He's a powerful man respected throughout the Mission barrio for his masculinity and his strength, as well as for his hobby building beautiful lowrider cars. A reformed inmate and recovering alcoholic, Che has worked hard to redeem his life and do right by his pride and joy: his only son, Jes, whom he has raised on his own after the death of his wife. Che's path to redemption is tested, however, when he discovers Jes is gay. To survive his neighborhood, Che has always lived with his fists. To survive as a complete man, he'll have to embrace a side of himself he's never shown.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
50%
Tomatometer
Rotten
I don't require acceptance and reconciliation, and La Mission is forthright in avoiding easy answers. But does the screenplay shortchange Che by painting him more broadly at the film's end than he seemed at the beginning?
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
The problem is that the screenplay to La Mission should never have gone before the cameras in this condition.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
Observing the phases both father and son endure as they try to forgive and prioritize in order to survive makes La Mission a poignant and unusual film, one that you won't soon forget.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Rotten
The movie might suffice on late-night cable, but it is hardly worth big-screen prices.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
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