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A Better Life (2011)

A Better Life

Overview

Genre

Drama

Release Date

June 24, 2011 (Limited)

MPAA Rating

PG-13

Duration

98 min.

Production Budget

$10 millions

Studio

Summit Entertainment

Official Site

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REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Go! Watch this movie. You'll regret if not seeing it.    Readers  Be the 1st!

Cast and Crew

Director

Chris Weitz

Producer

Jami Gertz, Stacey Lubliner, Christian McLaughlin

Screenwriter

Eric Eason

Starring

  • Demian Bichir as Carlos Galindo
  • Nancy Lenehan
  • Tim Griffin
  • Rolando Molina
  • Jose Julian

Story

From the director of About a Boy comes A BETTER LIFE -- a touching, poignant, multi-generational story about a father's love and the lengths a parent will go to give his child the opportunities he never had.

Pictures (6 photos)

Jose Julian stars as Luis Riquelme and Demian Bichir stars as Carlos Riquelme in Summit Entertainment's A Better Life (2011)
Demian Bichir stars as Carlos Riquelme in Summit Entertainment's A Better Life (2011)
A Better Life Pictures and Stills

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REVIEWS BY CRITICS

“..aided immeasurably by first-rate actors, marvelous cinematography by Javier Aguirresarobe, and low-key but dramatically surging mood music by Alexandre Desplat..”
by Rex Reed [New York Observer]
“..weaves the torpor and anxiety of immigrant life into something dramatically true, if at moments a bit draggy..”
by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]
“..takes on the combustible topic of illegal immigration through the soft..”
by Melissa Anderson [Village Voice]
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