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Title: Great family film, School Appropriate and enjoyable!!
Review: This film is great. Karla Montana ("Stand and Deliver"),and Tony Plana ("An Officer and a Gentleman"), Jerry Stiller (George Costanza's dad on "Seinfeld", Kevin James father in law on "King of Queens") and Susan Ruttan (Artie's secretary on "LA Law") are fantastic in this 1990 film. It does not look dated, (OK, there are some great mullets!) but the themes are timeless...coming of age, first love, second generation teen struggling against first generation parents, themes specific to latinos such as illegal immigration, quinceañeras, amnesty. It's all here and it all works. I have bought it for myself and my sister, purchased one for our middle school library and loaned it out to countless friends. They all loved it. Great for classrooms learning about other cultures, also social studies, it brings up some great issues. I highly recommend it!
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