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Title: Great inter-play between Ferrera and Ontiveros
Review: "Real Woman Have Curves" has the aura of 100% believability. Although the entire cast is excellent, this film centers around the tetchy mother-daughter relationship wonderfully portrayed by astonishing newcomer America Ferrera and consummate professional Lupe Ontiveros. It embodies the pressures facing a second-generation Latina daughter vs. the expectations and disappointments of her hard-edged (but ultimately loving) immigrant mother.For a great take on what made their performances so great, check out Entertainment Weekly's 2002 "Special Year-End Double Issue" (the one with Denzel on the cover). The magazine rightly tabbed the Ferrera/Ontiveros duo as one of 2002's "Great Performances," noting that they give us "the real picture: the everyday growing pains, the cherished moments of tenderness, and the full-out battles that shape the complicated dynamic of this (or any) mother-daughter pair."Exactly.
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