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A Day Without a Mexican Reviews
A classic, hilarious movie, that was created not only to entertain, but also to show the importance of the latinos, and Mexicans specifically, for the American economy and social well-being.
Hilarious. Very funny.
One of the most stupid movies I’ve ever seen! I walked out less than 30 minutes through and got a full refund! Garbage! Stupid! Waste of money! I would not even waste a free ticket on this trash or even watch it free in tv with commercials
It's time to watch this movie again, people... a foreshadowing of recent events? :D
A great film for this election year
Es como un documental con cierta comedia basada en clichés, la cual si tiene un mensaje de tolerancia y balance respecto a esas leyes, pero como película con todos sus factores, pues apesta.
Interesting movie about the importance of legal and illegal immigrants from Latin America's importance to California and elsewhere
A great movie about Illegals and what they do for us.
Not as good as I thought
Very funny..and slightly insightful
This is not the best-made movie ever, but definitely worth watching -- it shows a California coming to a grinding halt when 1/3 of its population disappears without a trace. Good message with a sense of humor.
good movie shows how us mexicans do everything and when were gone what are you going to do?
I agree with the message of this film, but that doesn't mean this is a good movie.
For all my reviews visit my website idacashmansmoviereviews.webs.com Please note that the rating above is possibly skewed by the ratings on this specific site. There might be a slightly different rating at the end. A film that is successfully as dramatic as it is comedic. Well done! There are a few things that I don't address. I've addressed writing, production value, directing, execution, editing, special effects, visuals, dialogue, characters, acting, scenery, art direction, soundtrack, and many other things. But two things I usually don't address is messages and symbolism. It's not like I haven't addressed this in the past, Cloverfield I definitely made it clear that I loved the message, and in Unstoppable I made it clear my attention on the symbolism. But as my US Government teacher once put it, "the first time watching you haft to pay attention to the story, then the second time around you look for symbols and messages." The point of these reviews is to make you want to see it for the first time or not, or consider re-watching it if you feel like you may have seen it the wrong way around. I'm not writing essays about even deeper meaning then is clear after a first watch. Why do I do this? Well, I don't wanna make you look for symbols if you don't even like the movie in the first place! Closing on diatribe, and conclusion of it, there is a message that I will emphasize in this review of this film. In fact, that is the goal of this film. So let's get into the 2004 Fantasy-Comedy-Drama, A Day Without a Mexican! The idea for the storyline is, first off, extremely bias. It's obvious portraying the "stance" that we should keep the illegal immigrants in our country, regardless of citizenship. (Wait...) If I may go on another diatribe (this review is losing credibility by the word I swear), I highly agree with this stance. First off, the idea that we should not get them citizenship or the ideas that we should deport them all are clearly wrong. It would solve nothing. They WILL come whether or not they can be citizens. Giving Citizenship would not make us super overpopulated, because WE ALREADY ARE OVERPOPULATED. Giving them citizenship would only better our economy. If you're about deporting them, you're basically saying destroy America's economic foundation, and in a recession nonetheless. They are working on our agriculture, our sewage, and all other unnecessary jobs that no regular citizen would want to do, for even less pay then those jobs usually go for, sometimes nothing at all. Hmmm...sound familiar? *cough*Slavery*cough*. While I always wish for the best for people, unless we are willing to give them citizenship, coming here illegally is there best option, especially considered against Mexico. You take away that, you get tons of jobs not filled, and tons of necessary jobs not being done. You ever see that show, World's Dirtiest Jobs? It's on the Discovery Channel I think? Yeah, that's what they're doing, and it's very needed by our society. We should be thankful for them. THEY are doing more for this country then our rich white businessmen will ever do. Nobody needs video games (Bill Gates), computers (Bill Gates), chatting (Facebook, Twitter, MySpace), movies (Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, James Cameroon), but we do need food, agriculture, and sewage. So now that I've basically explained the message of this film to you, and that I agree with it strongly, I hope you take it into consideration and that it is a bold film. It is extremely bias, but that means that is has the balls to tell [it's version of] the truth. It has also been noted that this film had a huge impact on teenagers. I am a teenager, and believe it or not, I didn't completely understand or believe this point of view before hand. I thought that we should either give them citizenship or deport them. This film made me change my mind on that, somewhat. I still think citizenship is the best option, but I don't think we should deport them. It had a huge impact on this Teen. Okay, hopefully the diatribe is finished. If there is one thing that is at fault in this film, it is the acting. Nobody feels natural, it all feels artificial. They aren't bad actors, but they are trying to hard and are not seeming real at all. They feel more like a written character then actual people, and that's a problem. The characters aren't also anything special. I think the most potent characters are the ones that are not here. I guess now I haft to explain the plot. But it simply, everybody in California wakes up one day with all people of Below-The-Border Americas Bloodline vanished, and a purple mist that doesn't let anything out or in of the state. The people who speak the most potently in this film are the people who are missing. But they aren't really explored. This film tries really hard and succeeds at not being a science-fiction. I think that might have been a mistake. It might have had less of an impact on the teenagers, but I think discussion on this particular subject would have been very interesting. First off: what is this purple mist, where did it come from, and what connection does it have to the disappearance of Latinos? Second off: why is it all people of Latin-American Decent. Third off: you'll notice how they come back. It was...really confusing. How did that one event do anything to change California? I understand it is a symbol, but logic before symbolism. Speaking of which, symbolism is present here, but if you want to look for it, you'll need more then one watch. That's not a problem though, this movie has very big re-watch value. It's not a movie that would get very old. The comedy is so fucking funny. It's very dark, but it's not so cruel that it's disturbing and distracting. It's ballsy and sad, but at the same time so funny and not distracting in it's disturbing aspect. My favorite moment here is, "the whole enchilada." You'll know it when you see it, and it is so fucking funny. This film is also very dramatic. It isn't super drama, you won't be crying on the floor or any shit like that. But this film is genuinely emotional to a very large degree. At one point in the film - you'll know it - I probably could have cried if it weren't for the fact I was confused by the logic. I'm not quite sure what else I can say about this movie. It is very funny to laugh at as well. I could see this appearing on RiffTrax. It also leaves you with a cold feeling if you stop half way through. You WILL feel like half the population of the planet, or whatever you're in (neighborhood, workplace, school, etc) is gone. Unfortunately you don't get to choose which half. So I definitely recommend this movie. If you are looking for something funny, dramatic, political, entertaining, refreshing, meaningful or any combination of the above, check this movie out! It's not a perfect film by far, what with the characters, acting and stupid moments. But I give it a 4.3/5 I, Da Ca$hman signing off.
The movie has an interesting "speech" but has some real flaws.