I really was surprised at the beginning of this film because it seemed so much different than the typical Sandler film. Sandler plays John, a Californian chef for a popular restaurant who is pretty much a normal chilled out guy married with 2 kids. Flor Moreno (Paz Vega), a poor single Mexican mother gets a housekeeping job at John's house. It was frustrating at times because Flor did not know any English so there were communication breakdowns. Flor's daughter, Cristina (Shelbie Bruce) lives at the house and acts as a translator for her mother. John's wife Deborah was tremendously acted in this film. She was crazy. It was a very annoying human but terrific acting by Tea Leoni. Deborah's alcoholic mother also lives at the estate but she doesn't really add much to the film. The movie was going along great and then it seemed to just derail with John and Deborah cheating on each other and Flor falling in love with John, John falling for Flor. Flor decides she doesn't want to get involved with John because it would ruin the marriage and so Flor and Cristina leave and go home. Cristina is forced to leave her private school that she had entered and she is crushed by it.
7.5/10 I enjoyed it overall but i was hoping it would go in a different direction. The acting was decent and the plot was entertaining until the final third of the movie. Not a typical Sandler film as he wasn't really funny nor did the beginning/ending evolve around his character.
7.5/10 I enjoyed it overall but i was hoping it would go in a different direction. The acting was decent and the plot was entertaining until the final third of the movie. Not a typical Sandler film as he wasn't really funny nor did the beginning/ending evolve around his character.