Marketic
It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.
ScoobyMint
Disappointment for a huge fan!
Salubfoto
It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.
AshUnow
This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
Dixon Cannon
I caught this on cable - thank goodness I didn't have to pay extra for it! It is pure propaganda and apology for illegal immigration and illegal employment of illegal immigrants. As if illegal immigrants have any right to a job, a union, or to "negotiate" for wages!! I'm glad this battle is finally coming to a head in our country.I moved to Britain as a youth, just out of high school. I hoped to get a job to sustain myself while trying to be a musician. No one would hire my (rightly so!) even though I arrived legally - on a tourist visa. That is the way it works folks - immigration is a legal process that bestows certain rights on those would go through that process. Employment and union wages are NOT a right just for crossing the border in the dead of night. I have no sympathy. And....theft (as undertaken my Maya!) is a felonious crime!This film actually made me angry - it was NOT entertaining!
ercal
surprised that this movie got an overall 7.1 score. I think it deserves much higher than that. I think part of the reason could be this movie is heavily political and sympathetic to the problems that most illegal immigrants are facing in real life. However, it is also a fact that the problems portrayed in this movie is universal for all workers who do not have a union. The script is very nicely written, except in one occasion when Maya stole money from the service station. I thought that it was unnecessary to include this episode in the script; it diluted the seriousness of the film; she could have easily asked Sam to loan the small amount of money that Maya needed in order to give it to Ruben.Acting by Pilar Padilla (Maya), Adrien Brody (Sam), and Elpidia Carrillo (Rosa) are outstanding!
independent-6
A great film,-good story, good actor. The direct actions of the characters in the film are brilliantly displayed protesting against Corporate America and standing up for justice as it relates to immigrant rights in California. Si se puede! This film was just as good as other documentaries on the same subject matter. The main character girl was good,-just saw it on an HBO Channel from start to finish, on my day off! Short, independent film with only two actors that looked like familiar faces.Si Se Puede! Visit www.ireportla.com
tvelasco-2
I just recently watched the latest attempt from Hollywood to ease their minds about Latino issues. "Walkout" is an HBO movie that takes a historic moment in the struggle for equality and makes an "after school" special out of it. On the other hand "Bread & Roses" delivers in every front, a good story with candid acting and a solid structure. The back drop is similar. Minorities confronted with discrimination and racism must come together to force change. A basic rule of good writing calls for a story of universal value and this one resonates beyond it's outline, because the story of the immigrant in this country is everybody's story. "Bread & Roses" doesn't preach and it doesn't dumb down the intricate subtext of the story, most of all it takes the characters seriously and never uses them as just background to carry on. HBO must remember that it takes more than a Latino surname in the credits to make a Latino story resonate. "Bread & Roses" relays on the elements that are true to good film making without having to label it. Always respect your story.
