A Better Life (2011)
Directed by Chris Weitz · 98 min · Drama
32.1 TOPICAL score · #3,349 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →An Indigenous Latino American gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while traveling across town to perform landscaping work for the city's wealthy landowners.
A Better Life (2011, directed by Chris Weitz) has a TOPICAL score of 32.1 - ranked 3,349 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and audience, and lowest on cast. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Critics: 86% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.9/10 critics' average · Metacritic 64. Audiences: TMDB 7.2/10 (292 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 26 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics86% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.9/10 critics' average · Metacritic 64
- AudienceTMDB 7.2/10 (292 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 1 nomination
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 26 languages
- Still read7,391 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Demián Bichir (actor #1,330), José Julián, Chelsea Rendon, Dolores Heredia