My Family (1995)
Directed by Gregory Nava · 128 min · Comedy, Drama
23.5 TOPICAL score · #4,164 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →Traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs. Maria and Jose, the first generation, come to Los Angeles, meet, marry, face deportation all in the 1930s. They establish their family in East L.A., and their children Chucho, Paco, Memo, Irene, Toni, and Jimmy deal with youth culture and the L.A. police in the '50s. As the second generation become adults in the '60s, the focus shifts to Jimmy, his marriage to Isabel (a Salvadorian refugee), their son, and Jimmy's journey to becoming a responsible parent.
My Family (1995, directed by Gregory Nava) has a TOPICAL score of 23.5 - ranked 4,164 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and audience, and lowest on historical impact. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Critics: 79% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.3/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 7.4/10 (90 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 16 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics79% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.3/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 7.4/10 (90 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 1 nomination
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 16 languages
- Still read15,318 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
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