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Price $14.99
Starring:
Caroline Aaron,
Tony Abatemarco,
Melinda Allen,
Frankie J. Allison,
Fernando Arau,
Directed By:
Sergio Arau,
Rated: R (Restricted)
Release Date: 2004-05-14
Studio: Xenon
Format:
Closed-captioned,
Color,
DVD-Video,
Subtitled,
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Customer Reviews for
A Day Without a Mexican
"Guatemalans and Hondurans are not Mexicans"
One day a strange fog surrounds the state of California. Communications of any kind cannot penetrate this fog.
And every person born in Latin America and living in California disappears. It is the "disappearance epidemic." The news states "California feels like a ghost town."
Results? One third of Californians are of Central or South American descent. Ninety percent of the produce in California is harvested by these recent immigrants. Twenty percent of school teachers. One-third of all consumers. Sixty percent of construction workers are Latino.
Is it the Rapture?
In the meantime, food in the grocery stores is not being restocked. The piles of garbage slowly build up. "Come back, amigos!" There is confusion about who is disappearing: "Guatemalans and Hondurans are not Mexicans."
In a jab at modern news programs, Latina reporter Lila doesn't disappear, but is in a car accident and in the hospital. The news station sets up a 24 hour "Lila-cam" in her room for the ogling public. In the meantime, some businesses advertise a "disappearance sale," and comedians wish their mother-in-laws could have been Mexican. And the two-faced acting governor finally announces, "if you see our Mexican brothers and sisters, tell them that we need them."
A Day Without A Mexican is a "dramatization" of this disappearance. The viewer gets the perspectives of the conspiracy theorists, broken families, the Border Patrol, restauranteurs, farmers, politicians, and others. Of course, the racists are as pleased as punch: "Celebrate the Disappearance! It's our country!"
The ending is sweet. "No Mexicans were harmed in the making of this film." Sobering, interesting, and funny.A Day Without a Mexican
A Day without a Mexican: try it if you're against illegals
Having grown up in Texas, I could understand the situation in California. In the movie (which is a romp), the governor succeeds in a law restricting immigration. The result is chaos: there is no one to pick fruits and vegetables, so there are food riots at the grocery stores. The Hispanic teachers disappear, so the schools have to close. There are no more maids... do the math. But it's really witty. We are a bilingual nation, and should have agreements with all Latino countries.
-Anne LaddA Day Without a Mexican
Amatuerish, boring ,artsy farty indie crap!!
Well that's 10 bucks and 35 minutes of my life I'll never get back. What a god awful piece of crap. This movie sucked. and not even a "campy" bad sucked. it's like "artsy fartsy indie" sucked.
I was hoping for a carlos mensia(sp?) esque funny, mock-u-mentary about what would happen if the west coast was without mexicans for a day. instead it's this really lame psudeo sci-fi plot filmed by a guy with 10 grand, 20 friends, and a digital camera. it's so boring that i literally gave up on it 35 minutes in. that's sad!
i urge all west and southern based hispanics to move to the east coast and actually be seen as a real human being instead of this slapstick novelty they seem to be labeled as in the south and the west. jeeeeeze!A Day Without a Mexican
A Little Heavy-Handed But Still Engaging
A Day without a Mexican is an interesting light comedy, in which everyone in California of Hispanic descent disappears for a few days, and the remaining populace is forced to face a myriad of issues. While much of it is simplistic and sometimes the reactions of various characters strain credulity, the movie is saved by the delightful and engaging performance of its star, Yareli Arizmendi, portraying a second-generation immigrant with (she believes) Mexican roots who doesn't disappear when everyone else does. The movie is sprinkled with factoids that are presented in a humorous-enough way that they don't usually become irksome. I give it four stars because of the creative way it presents important issues and the endearing performance of its star, although I certainly would not call it great cinematic literature.A Day Without a Mexican
GREAT MOVIE!
IT REALLY IS A GREAT MOVIE, THIS IS FOR ALL TO SEE THAT LATINOS ARE VERY MUCH NEEDED AND ARE HERE TO STAY, THE BIGGEST MINORITY, THANKS TO MEXICANS, WHICH ARE A VERY IMPORTANT FORCE IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY AND MAKES A BIG IMPACT IN THE USA AND THEREFORE THE WORLD.A Day Without a Mexican
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