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===Accolades===
===Accolades===
{| class="wikitable"
{{Anchor|Awards|Accolades}}
!Award
[[Hans Zimmer]] was nominated for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]] at the [[62nd Golden Globe Awards]] and [[Cloris Leachman]] was nominated for [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role|Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role]] at the [[11th Screen Actors Guild Awards]].
!Category
!Nominee
!Result
!Ref.
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[AARP Movies for Grownups Awards]]
|[[AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Intergenerational Film|Best Intergenrational Film]]
|''Spanglish''
|{{Nominated}}
| rowspan="3" |<ref>{{Cite web|title=AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (2005)|url=http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0003592/2005/1/|access-date=2022-02-09|website=IMDb}}</ref>
|-
|[[AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Screenwriter|Best Screenwriter]]
|[[James L. Brooks]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|[[Cloris Leachman]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[California Film Commission|California on Location Awards]]
|Assistant Location Manager of the Year – Feature Films
|Kei Rowan-Young
|{{Won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=California on Location Awards (2004)|url=http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000754/2004/1/|access-date=2022-02-09|website=IMDb}}</ref>
|-
|German Dubbing Awards
|Outstanding Newcomer Performance
|Patricia Jahn
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|[[62nd Golden Globe Awards|62nd Golden Globes Awards]]
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
|[[Hans Zimmer]]
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Spanglish|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/spanglish|access-date=2022-02-09|website=www.goldenglobes.com}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Imagen Awards|Imagen Foundation Awards]]
|Best Picture
|''Spanglish''
|{{Nominated}}
| rowspan="4" |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Imagen Foundation Awards (2005)|url=http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000346/2005/1/|access-date=2022-02-09|website=IMDb}}</ref>
|-
|Best Director – Film
|James L. Brooks
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|Best Actress – Film
|[[Paz Vega]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|Best Supporting Actress – Film
|[[Shelbie Bruce]]
|{{Won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
|Breakout of the Year – On Screen
|Paz Vega
|{{Won}}
| rowspan="2" |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards (2004-2)|url=http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0001104/2004/2/|access-date=2022-02-09|website=IMDb}}</ref>
|-
|Best Performance by Youth in a Leading or Supporting Role – Female
|[[Sarah Steele]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[Satellite Awards]]
|[[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical]]
|Cloris Leachman
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Satellite Awards (2005)|url=http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000296/2005/1/|access-date=2022-02-09|website=IMDb}}</ref>
|-
|[[11th Screen Actors Guild Awards]]
|[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role|Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role]]
|[[Cloris Leachman]]
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=The 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards {{!}} Screen Actors Guild Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/11th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|access-date=2022-02-09|website=www.sagawards.org}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Stinkers Bad Movie Awards|The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards]]
|Worst Actress
|[[Téa Leoni|Tea Leoni]]
|{{Nominated}}
| rowspan="2" |<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards (2004)|url=http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0003171/2004/1/|access-date=2022-02-09|website=IMDb}}</ref>
|-
|Worst On-Screen Couple
|[[Adam Sandler]]<br/>Tea Leoni
|{{Nominated}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Young Artist Award|Young Artist Awards]]
|Best Family Film – Comedy or Musical
|''Spanglish''
|{{Nominated}}
| rowspan="4" |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Young Artist Awards (2005)|url=http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000716/2005/1/|access-date=2022-02-09|website=IMDb}}</ref>
|-
|Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Actor Age Ten or Younger
|Ian Donovan Hyland
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress
|Shelbie Bruce
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress
|Sarah Steele
|{{Nominated}}
|}


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 17:10, 9 February 2022

Spanglish
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJames L. Brooks
Written byJames L. Brooks
Produced by
Starring
Narrated byAimee Garcia
CinematographyJohn Seale
Edited byRichard Marks
Music byHans Zimmer
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing
Release date
  • December 17, 2004 (2004-12-17)
Running time
131 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
Spanish
Budget$80 million[2]
Box office$55 million[2]

Spanglish is a 2004 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by James L. Brooks and starring Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni, Paz Vega, and Cloris Leachman. It was released in the United States on December 17, 2004 by Columbia Pictures. The film was a box office bomb grossing $55 million worldwide on an $80 million production budget,[2] and received mixed reviews from critics.

Plot

For Cristina Moreno's (Shelbie Bruce) Princeton University application essay, she tells the story of a year from her childhood, and how it shaped the person she is today (narrated by Aimee Garcia).

Mexico, 1992. Flor Moreno (Paz Vega), a poor Mexican single mother moved to America seeking a better life for her and her daughter, Cristina. With two jobs, she still cannot pay the bills, so her cousin helps her get work as a housekeeper for the Claskys: John (Adam Sandler) and Deborah (Téa Leoni), their children Bernice (Sarah Steele) and Georgie (Ian Hyland), and Deborah's mother Evelyn Wright (Cloris Leachman).

John is a chef and an easygoing family man. Deborah was a businesswoman, now a stay-at-home mother, and Evelyn is a quiet alcoholic. Uptight and neurotic, Deborah upsets everyone, psychologically abuses and body-shames Bernice. She bullies John, demanding he always back her up. He is torn between defending his kids' mental well-being, and his domineering wife.

Flor is soon expected to work and live with the Claskys over the summer. Desperate to keep Flor employed with them, Deborah invites Cristina to join them. Deborah becomes attached to the beautiful and personable Cristina, ignoring Bernice; Flor does not approve of the attention. John unwittingly angers Flor when he offers to pay the children a set amount for each bit of sea glass they find on the beach. Cristina earnestly searches for hours, earning $650 for her efforts. Flor and John argue, with Cristina as interpreter; Flor wants to leave because of the awkward family dynamic. He convinces her to stay, to Cristina's delight, and Flor starts an English course to better communicate with the Claskys.

When John's restaurant receives an amazing review, John begins worrying about the added pressure, while Deborah begins an affair. She enrolls Cristina in Bernice's private school, upsetting Flor, who wants Cristina to maintain her Mexican roots and working-class values. Flor feels Deborah is overstepping her bounds and voices her concerns to John, who tells her he empathizes as Bernice has no support from her own mother. Flor tries to build Bernice's self-confidence with small acts of kindness, especially when Deborah is harsh.

Summer ends and Cristina and Bernice attend their first day of school. That afternoon, Cristina is allowed to bring her school friends back to the Claskys' house; however, Bernice is not. Flor, who was not asked permission, is upset at the situation; Deborah tries to cover for Cristina. The now-sober Evelyn, knowing about her daughter's affair, warns Deborah that her marriage is in trouble. She pleads with Deborah to end the affair, telling her she will never get another man as good as John.

Deborah tells John about the affair, begging him to talk it out. However, a dejected John walks out, bumping into Flor. Giving her a ride, she announces she is quitting, and they go to his restaurant, where he cooks for her. They kiss and have a genuine, deep conversation, realizing they cannot have a relationship. A desperate Deborah continuously tries to contact John and blames Evelyn’s failings as a parent for the way she is. They have a frank conversation during which they become closer.

The next day, Flor comes to take her daughter home and informs her that she quit her job, upsetting Cristina. As they are leaving, John tells Flor he will envy whoever ends up with her. On the way home, Flor further upsets Cristina after telling her she cannot attend the private school. Cristina screams in the street, accusing Flor of ruining her life. After she asks her mother for "space", Flor says she needs to answer an important question: "Is what you want for yourself to become someone very different than me?" Cristina considers this on their bus ride home, and they make up and embrace.

Cast

Production

Brooks cast Sandler after seeing his more dramatic performance in Punch-Drunk Love.[3]

Vega could not speak English when filming began and a translator was on set during filming so that she could communicate with the director.[3]

Leachman replaced Anne Bancroft, who dropped out of the part after four weeks of shooting because of illness.[3]

Reception

Critical response

Based on 169 reviews collected by the film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 53% of critics gave Spanglish a positive review, with an average rating of 6.00/10. The critical consensus reads, "Paz Vega shines, and Adam Sandler gives a performance of thoughtfulness and depth, but Spanglish is ultimately undermined by sitcommy plotting and unearned uplift."[4] Its proponents claim it is a moving portrayal of the difficulty of family problems and self-identity (and perhaps to a lesser extent the difficulties and rewards of cross-cultural communication). Advocates of the film found the intense sexual chemistry between Leoni and Sandler particularly compelling. Some critics described the film as "uneven",[5] "awkward," for example, when "John and Flor attempt to bare their souls to one another ... [with] lots of words coming out of their mouths, but there doesn't seem to be a context)",[6] and "The supporting performers deserve better, especially ... Cloris Leachman, who's consigned to a demeaning role...[and] the butt of rather mean-spirited jokes."[7]

Accolades

Award Category Nominee Result Ref.
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards Best Intergenrational Film Spanglish Nominated [8]
Best Screenwriter James L. Brooks Nominated
Best Actress Cloris Leachman Nominated
California on Location Awards Assistant Location Manager of the Year – Feature Films Kei Rowan-Young Won [9]
German Dubbing Awards Outstanding Newcomer Performance Patricia Jahn Won
62nd Golden Globes Awards Best Original Score Hans Zimmer Nominated [10]
Imagen Foundation Awards Best Picture Spanglish Nominated [11]
Best Director – Film James L. Brooks Nominated
Best Actress – Film Paz Vega Nominated
Best Supporting Actress – Film Shelbie Bruce Won
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Breakout of the Year – On Screen Paz Vega Won [12]
Best Performance by Youth in a Leading or Supporting Role – Female Sarah Steele Won
Satellite Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical Cloris Leachman Nominated [13]
11th Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Cloris Leachman Nominated [14]
The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards Worst Actress Tea Leoni Nominated [15]
Worst On-Screen Couple Adam Sandler
Tea Leoni 		Nominated
Young Artist Awards Best Family Film – Comedy or Musical Spanglish Nominated [16]
Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Actor Age Ten or Younger Ian Donovan Hyland Nominated
Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress Shelbie Bruce Nominated
Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress Sarah Steele Nominated

See also

References

  1. ^ "SPANGLISH (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. January 6, 2005. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Spanglish (2004)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 30, 2009.
  3. ^ a b c Daly, Steve (November 12, 2004). "What, Him Worry?". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 30, 2009.
  4. ^ "Spanglish (2004)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
  5. ^ Meyer, Carla (December 17, 2004). "Uneven 'Spanglish' has good moments". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  6. ^ "Spanglish". AisleSeat.com. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  7. ^ Vice, Jeff (December 7, 2004). "Film review: Spanglish". Deseret News. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  8. ^ "AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (2005)". IMDb. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  9. ^ "California on Location Awards (2004)". IMDb. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  10. ^ "Spanglish". www.goldenglobes.com. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  11. ^ "Imagen Foundation Awards (2005)". IMDb. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  12. ^ "Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards (2004-2)". IMDb. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  13. ^ "Satellite Awards (2005)". IMDb. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  14. ^ "The 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Screen Actors Guild Awards". www.sagawards.org. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  15. ^ "The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards (2004)". IMDb. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  16. ^ "Young Artist Awards (2005)". IMDb. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
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