Spanglish (film)
| Spanglish | |
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| Directed by | James L. Brooks |
| Written by | James L. Brooks |
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| Narrated by | Aimee Garcia |
| Cinematography | John Seale |
| Edited by | Richard Marks |
| Music by | Hans Zimmer |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Running time | 131 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English Spanish |
| Budget | $80 million |
| Box office | $55 million |
Spanglish is a 2004 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by James L. Brooks, and starring Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni, Paz Vega and Cloris Leachman.
Christina Moreno, a Mexican-born Princeton candidate, writes about a significant year in her life when her mother Flor, a woman who left Mexico with her for a better life in America, worked for a family whose patriarch is a newly-celebrated chef with an insecure wife.
The film was released in the United States on December 17, 2004, by Columbia Pictures. It was a box-office bomb, grossing $55 million worldwide on an $80 million production budget. The film received mixed reviews from critics.