Brian Brophy, Caroline Aaron, Frankie J. Allison

One morning, California wakes up to find that one-third of its population -- the Hispanic third -- has disappeared. A strange pink fog envelops the state, and communication outside its boundaries is c...( read more  read more... )ompletely cut off. The economic, political and social implications of this disaster threaten California's way of life, and for a group of disparate people (all white, except for one Latina), the cracks in their private lives are forced wide open.

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R, 1 hr. 40 min.

Directed by: Sergio Arau

Release Date: May 14, 2004

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DVD Release Date: November 9, 2004

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  • July 9, 2008
    Nice satire of gringo's stupidity and mental retardation... sadly, it's an amazing plot that starts to fade after a the first half-hour but you never stop laughing!! (of course if you're a mexican or latinamerican...)
  • April 18, 2007
    tHIS WAS LOW-BUDGET, BUT SOOOO GOOD! i LOVED THE MESSAGE BEHIND IT.
  • March 1, 2007
    I know I've seen this movie but it was pretty forgettable.
  • March 13, 2006
    Like a Saturday Night Live skit that plays for 2 hours. I'm glad that Sergio Arau shows how if Mexicans were to dissapear all the low level jobs would have to be done by white people. Thatnks for setting back any progress Mexican Americans have made with your unfunny movie.
  • June 29, 2008
    This movie is really cheesy and looked like something from 1984 rather than 2004 but it does start a good conversation about immigration and makes you think!
  • June 30, 2009
    All premise. Looks like it was shot with a camera phone. An unbalanced attempt to drill into the viewer's head how important Mexicans are to our very survival. I can't imagine a day without Salma.
  • April 23, 2009
    The mystery goes unsolved in the end.
  • January 4, 2009
    siempre eh querido mirar esta pelicula
  • December 24, 2008
    This movie tries really hard to be funny, but I just didn't find it enjoyable. Some chuckles here and there, but overall, a dud.
  • December 10, 2008
    no thanks not my kinda thing

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  • Alyyeta
    July 23, 2008
    It is too funny...some ppl depend completely on other ppl to come and do their things, in this case mexicans, but in a way it is totally true, and they shouldnt treat illegal people the way they do, they should let them also try to have a life like the rest of us.
  • lilgenius011
    March 27, 2007
    this movie is awesome!!!!! its funny and sooo true american cant live w/o mexican but mexicans can live w/o them.

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