"Bread and Roses" is a journeyman drama at best which centers on the plight of an illegal Mexican alien, Maya (Padilla), and her struggle to help a union organize the janitorial laborers in a Los Angeles office building. The film is ill-focused, a tad soapy, plays to the viscera, and shows some mean spirited demonstrating which would more likely hurt than help the worker. However, Padilla makes a wonderful centerpiece for a flick which will most likely appeal to Hispanics and others with an interest in the problems of Mexican labor in America. C+
Review of Bread and Roses
