Desiree Casado, Griffin Dunne, Isaiah Garcia

A Latina woman from the Bronx shakes up her life--which consists of a difficult marriage and three kids--by taking a job at a Manhattan recording company. Playing the central character, Lauren V&eacut...( read more  read more... )e;lez has a captivating rough beauty that suggests her suspension between misery and grace. Director Darnell Martin also has a kind of unpolished approach that keeps the film looking a bit amateurish. But Martin's observations of and insights into the heroine's world--a slice of American Latino life that hasn't been particularly well represented on film--are original and potent. Griffin Dunne is very good in a supporting role as the heroine's exploitative boss. --Tom Keogh

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R, 107 min.

Directed by: Darnell Martin

Release Date: October 14, 1994

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DVD Release Date: July 13, 2004

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  • October 13, 2006
    Fantastic movie with tons of laughs!
  • May 21, 2009
    still going! still going!
  • May 5, 2009
    this movie was amazing i thought it would be boring but it was actually good
  • February 23, 2009
    i use to be there yellow apt
  • October 17, 2008
    No thankyou - Not interested
  • August 14, 2008
    LOVE THIS MOVIE... I COULD WATCH IT A MILLION TIMES AND NEVER GET TIRED OF IT.
  • July 15, 2008
    One of those quirky movies you can't help but watch and then you watch it again and find yourself picking out your favorite parts and it doesn't hurt that cute Jon Seda is in in.
  • May 24, 2008
    I watched this movie a bunch of times when I was younger and it was always one of my favorites. My sisters didn't like the ending but I think it's perfect. Great performances by the leads and Jesse Borego.
  • April 11, 2008
    So I found this movie to be pretty decent. I questioned it at first because it is older & the clothing is just horrible... but the storyline behind it is real & honest.

    I thought this could easily be a real life story, Lisette's husband goes to jail & she becomes the single mo...( read more)m who has to find a job, which she finds a great one! By the time its all said & done her husband hears a different story & learns he may be the father of the town whore's son. Needless to say, it is good & was worth the watch.

    I think there were a lot of things that were easily able to think about; struggling financially, feeling as a failure to yourself & your children, selfishness & of course love!
  • April 1, 2008
    i fuckin love this movie ya

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