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Sweet 15 (1990)
Horrible
Thinking of watching a film tonight about illegal immigrants from Mexico? Well, pick another film because Sweet 15 is the most terrible, unimaginative, and uninteresting film I have ever seen. It is supposed to be based upon a Mexican-American girl, Marta, who was ready to celebrate her 15th birthdayher 'quinceanera', but it was mostly about how her father was an illegal immigrant and her love interest with a boy named Ramon. To say the least, the plot was not well thought out and the theme seemed to change throughout the film.
The plot of Sweet 15 was drab and lackluster; there was hardly any development in the direction the title suggests. You would expect the movie to be about a girl growing into a woman by having a 'quinceanera', but it's not at all. In fact, the party is only mentioned and doesn't really reveal what a 'quinceanera' involves completely. The actual presentation of the plot was slow and off-course, with poor character development.
The casting of actors and actresses was probably partially to blame for the poor characterization. There was quite a bit of overacting on the part of Marta, played by Karla Montana, and her ditsy friend Jackie (Giselle Anthony). Jackie seemed to only be in the film to show the difference between a girl before her 'quinceanera' and a "woman" afterward. Although, she wasn't much more mature than the others, she just wore make-up and high heels. Her dialog was often random and unintelligent.
This film if it had made it to the Bow Office could have never won an Oscar. It was a made-for-t.v. movie that shouldn't have even been shown there. After seeing this film, I realized I wasted two perfectly good hours of my life and I was extremely grateful I didn't pay the cable bill.