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Real Women Have Curves

starring: America Ferrera, Lupe Ontiveros, Ingrid Oliu, George Lopez, Brian Sites
directed by: Patricia Cardoso

: Real Women Have Curves
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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0026359202421
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 22, 2003
Running Time: 86 minutes
Sales Rank: 58137
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: November 08, 2002



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Description:
A $6 million box office theatrical run followed awards and acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival. Should Ana leave home, go to college and experience life? Or stay home, get married, and keep working in her sister's struggling garment factory? It may seem like an easy decision, but for 18 year-old Ana, every choice she makes this summer will change her life. Right now, she may be making clothes for less shapely women. But Ana is about to discover that real women take chances, have flaws, embrace life, and above all have curves!

Amazon.com:
While My Big Fat Greek Wedding broke box-office records in 2002, Real Women Have Curves did a better job of keeping it real. Set in the vibrant environs of East Los Angeles, with a breakthrough performance by Latina newcomer America Ferrera, this comedic drama takes a familiar subject--a bright teenager struggling to define her identity--and turns it into an authentic celebration of feminine empowerment. Eighteen-year-old Ana (Ferrera) has scholarship potential, her first boyfriend, and a chubby figure that her similarly overweight mother (Lupe Ontiveros, perfectly cast) won't stop harping about. Mom insists that Ana work in her sister's dressmaking sweatshop, continuing a family tradition that can only break her spirit. How Ana defies this fate--and how director Patricia Cardoso captures the proud tenacity of several full-figured seamstresses--is what makes this film (adapted from a play by Josefina Lopez) so uniquely refreshing. Greek Wedding made more money, but Real Women--which is just as funny--makes a lot more sense. --Jeff Shannon



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - A Good Try
This movie had a good idea for a story, but did not follow through on many aspects. The main character ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Fantastic!
I love this movie, it's become one of my favorite movies to watch. America Ferrera is a great actress in ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Real Women Have Curves
This movie is so great! I absolutley love it! One of America Ferrera's best films, and all the other actors ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - PATRICIA CARDOSO, OPUS 1
**** 2002. Based on Josefina Lopez's Real Women Have Curves, this film was directed by the Colombian director ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - An absolute joy
After looking at some of the other Amazon reviews I'm wondering if I should try and come up with anything critical ... Read More

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