It is evocative well-crafted and performed with verve and passion by a first-rate cast of Latino actors.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 26, 2021

The warmth of My Family's characters and humor, the lush-ness of its cinematography and local color, and the universality of its family and sibling conflicts, make for pleasurable company.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 26, 2021

One of the most satisfying dramas I've ever seen.

| Aug 26, 2021

The last segment is the best, so much so that one wishes Nava had left out the first two parts and concentrated on fleshing out the third section.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 26, 2021

There's a fearlessness about My Family that commands respect. It goes after both big issues and small moments. Most of all, it beats with an unabashed love of family that in the end, becomes admirable, even inspiring.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 26, 2021

Mi Familia cannot help but touch the heart and soul of anyone who sees it.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 26, 2021

You'll often be conscious of the shortcomings of the writing, but My Family will win you over all the same.

| Aug 26, 2021

It's not until the final scenes that the drama begins to bite... These moments, however, are not enough to give this film the substance it badly needs.

| Aug 26, 2021

Director Gregory Nava does manages to communicate , a survival spirit that is energizing.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 26, 2021

The dusky colours are pleasing and some of the performances touch the heart; but the film's emotions are as glib as the commentary, spoken, in sepulchral tones, by Edward James Olmos.

| Aug 26, 2021

It is always watchable but only occasionally breaks into something more than that.

| Aug 26, 2021

While My Family shares one family's joy, triumphs and tragedies, the film fails to probe deeper into the family dynamic.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 26, 2021

In short, a turkey.

| Aug 26, 2021

A grandly ambitious, warmhearted, wildly uneven movie.

| Aug 26, 2021

Tale is recounted in broad strokes, bright colors and with a great heart, which puts it over.

| Oct 9, 2008

It's shapeless, but there's iron in its soul.

| Jan 26, 2006

Your head may insist you resist the unashamed sentimentality of My Family, but your heart will encourage you to give in, and for once your heart will be right.

| Feb 13, 2001

For all its dramatic power, there's abundant humor in the film, too, the humor of a culture as it blends slowly, sometimes painfully, into the big mix of America. My Family is a beautiful sight throughout.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Their story is the story of one Mexican-American family, but it is also in some ways the story of all families. Watching it, I was reminded of my own family's legends and heroes and stray sheep, and the strong sense of home.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Mi Familia's cast represents some powerhouse acting talents, and yet the film loses steam because of weak dialogue and underdeveloped characters.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 1, 2000