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Quinceañera

Life's no walk in the park

2006 · 1h 30m · R Drama
Directed by Richard Glatzer , Wash Westmoreland

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Overview

As Magdalena's 15th birthday approaches, her simple, blissful life is complicated by the discovery that she's pregnant. Kicked out of her house, she finds a new family with her great-granduncle and gay cousin.

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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

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All reviews
86%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Touching, charming and very engagingly played, it offers perceptive insights into LA Latino culture as well as solid, slightly old-fashioned entertainment.

Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh

The setting and the people in it make Quinceanera a party worth an RSVP.

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Rotten

It feels awkward, both in the pat screenplay and the uneven direction.

Randy Cordova, Arizona Republic
Rotten

You realize that, while pretending to break ground, Quinceanera is ultimately stuck in familiar Hollywood formulas.

Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Fresh

[Has]courage to look realistically, instead of idealistically, at some dubious civic practices; and second, honesty about the painful feelings of kids coupled with their desperate need for love and guidance and their ultimate desire to do the right thing.

Stephen Hunter, Washington Post

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