Another slice of the ethnic pie, this time the Bronx Puerto Rican section: a nuclear family of four, whose Poppy has just gone to jail for looting during a blackout, and whose Mommy wangles herself a job in the Latino music business. Newcomer Lauren Vélez, though temperate by comparison, could give Rosie Perez a run for her money, and all the characters tend to yammer at one another at the volume of a baseball rhubarb. (The level of violence stops at a few lashes of the belt and a single punch in the mouth.) It's not a movie to go to if you have anything of a headache. In fact it's not a movie to go to unless you want something of one. With Jon Seda, Jesse Borrego, Rita Moreno, and Griffin Dunne; directed by Darnell Martin. (1994) — Duncan Shepherd
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