When I gave away my videocassettes, 'My Family' was included in that lot. I recently bought the DVD just so I can watch this film again, with all its crises and dramas and romances. That's what life is all about! Few people have a bland existence in which their only stresses are financial. Love and family loyalty intrude!
There's no use comparing this to a Godfather-type saga. Apples and oranges. But: there are so many surprises and developments as the generations grow up and go out into the world. Some violent. Some beautiful.
Jimmy Smits did a wonderful job in this movie. He's got the acting chops and he's smart enough NOT to show everything on his face, when so much must be held inside. Yet, the emotion seeps out gently and it's sweet, tender, and quite moving.
There's no use comparing this to a Godfather-type saga. Apples and oranges. But: there are so many surprises and developments as the generations grow up and go out into the world. Some violent. Some beautiful.
Jimmy Smits did a wonderful job in this movie. He's got the acting chops and he's smart enough NOT to show everything on his face, when so much must be held inside. Yet, the emotion seeps out gently and it's sweet, tender, and quite moving.