-Cast-
This movie was just unbelievably inaccurate to the source material. While a majority of the casting was fine, they messed up Bobby's character terribly. Bobby is meant to be a Mexican-American boy with tan skin, but they cast a Caucasian American from Texas for the role. What's worst is they had him try to pass off as Hispanic by having him falsify an accent and say some Spanish words which just makes it disrespectful. Part of the appeal was the diversity in the cast.
-Plot- Another letdown was Lincoln. While he isn't perfect by any means, he's usually the hero of the story who goes out of his way to help his sisters. But they took it too far by making him an outright villain. He nearly destroyed his sister's lives in order to get his way. He got Leni fired from her job, got Luan fired and almost completely destroyed her relationship with her grandfather, he inadvertently made Luna and Sam break up breaking both their hearts, he ignored Lori's wishes and tricked her into coming home in dangerous weather (nearly killing her), and ruined his entire family's plans for Miami, making them depressed. What's worst is when all this comes to light at the end, he's instantly forgiven like he didn't just ruin their lives.
Overall, this movie was just completely unfaithful to the cast and characters and had a really weird plot. They could've delayed it another month to release it closer to Christmas like it should've been but instead released this train wreck out of season.
-Plot- Another letdown was Lincoln. While he isn't perfect by any means, he's usually the hero of the story who goes out of his way to help his sisters. But they took it too far by making him an outright villain. He nearly destroyed his sister's lives in order to get his way. He got Leni fired from her job, got Luan fired and almost completely destroyed her relationship with her grandfather, he inadvertently made Luna and Sam break up breaking both their hearts, he ignored Lori's wishes and tricked her into coming home in dangerous weather (nearly killing her), and ruined his entire family's plans for Miami, making them depressed. What's worst is when all this comes to light at the end, he's instantly forgiven like he didn't just ruin their lives.
Overall, this movie was just completely unfaithful to the cast and characters and had a really weird plot. They could've delayed it another month to release it closer to Christmas like it should've been but instead released this train wreck out of season.