First of all, let me say the title alone had me expecting some sort of farce or comedy obviously relating to language barriers. I was also expecting the film to be a little bit insulting to the Spanish language (the word Spanglish often seems used that way). With Adam Sandler cast as a lead, it seemed my suspicions would all but be realized. Boy was I wrong.
Spanglish takes everything you presume to know about the film and its actors and turns things around entirely. It shows that Adam Sandler can really act in more than just the goofy, silly man roles. It also shows that a slang word often used to describe our inabilities to communicate with other people can actually encompass and define quite a bit more.
Adam Sandler play upscale chef John Clasky, who with his wife (Tea Leoni) and children, live in a domestic madhouse. When they hire a new maid, Flor (Paz Vega), everyone's life is affected. Since Flor cannot speak any English and the Clasky's cannot speak Spanish, this makes for an odd arrangement indeed. Add Paz's daughter to the mix (in a giant live-in relationship), a wealthy lifestyle, adultery, weight insecurities, and alcoholism......and you get a whirlwind of problems that, in the end, speak deeper than what their surface shows. This is a chick-flick but also a great movie guys can enjoy. It's not really a film where anyone really wins or loses, but more of story about what happens to different people, how they come to be, and where they are going, regardless of what language they speak. 7/10
Spanglish takes everything you presume to know about the film and its actors and turns things around entirely. It shows that Adam Sandler can really act in more than just the goofy, silly man roles. It also shows that a slang word often used to describe our inabilities to communicate with other people can actually encompass and define quite a bit more.
Adam Sandler play upscale chef John Clasky, who with his wife (Tea Leoni) and children, live in a domestic madhouse. When they hire a new maid, Flor (Paz Vega), everyone's life is affected. Since Flor cannot speak any English and the Clasky's cannot speak Spanish, this makes for an odd arrangement indeed. Add Paz's daughter to the mix (in a giant live-in relationship), a wealthy lifestyle, adultery, weight insecurities, and alcoholism......and you get a whirlwind of problems that, in the end, speak deeper than what their surface shows. This is a chick-flick but also a great movie guys can enjoy. It's not really a film where anyone really wins or loses, but more of story about what happens to different people, how they come to be, and where they are going, regardless of what language they speak. 7/10