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A Better Life

Movie
2011
1h 38m
PG-13
English
Drama
User Score: 
7.3
Critic Score: 
76
A Better Life' Poster
A 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 Poster

A Better Life

PG-13
Movie
2011
1h 38m
English
Drama
A 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.
Rating
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7.3
IMDB
A Better Life (2011) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
76

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Directed By: Chris Weitz
Written By: Roger L. Simon (Story), Eric Eason (Screenplay)

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1010011011 says...
11 years ago
Good movie to show to youngsters who show disrespect towards their parents. They should not miss the scene where the boy has comments on his mexican background and culture. This movie will keep you interested the whole way.
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Narate says...
3 years ago
>"You are the most important thing in this world to me, mijo." I totally expected to be bored the whole time and the kid annoyed me to no end at first, but the 2nd half of the film picks up and I truly felt the emotion and struggle behind Demián Bichir's eyes.
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movielijst says...
7 years ago
I immensely enjoyed the movie. Well acted and interesting view on the biggest issue with the immigration situation in the USA.
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Filipe Manuel Dias Neto
2 years ago
**A good story, in which the search for a stolen van is linked to the recovery of a father's relationship with his teenage son.**

For many people, the USA is a land of dreams, of opportunities, where they dream to go, in order to free themselves from the harshness of their lives and the lack of c More
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