Mosquita Y Mari (2012)
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91% of critics liked it
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71% of users liked it
(139 ratings)
In a fast-paced immigrant community where dreams are often lost to economic survival, two young Chicanas contemplate life when they stir unexpected desires in each other. Mosquita y Mari is a coming of age story that focuses on a tender friendship between two young Chicanas. Yolanda and Mari are… More In a fast-paced immigrant community where dreams are often lost to economic survival, two young Chicanas contemplate life when they stir unexpected desires in each other. Mosquita y Mari is a coming of age story that focuses on a tender friendship between two young Chicanas. Yolanda and Mari are growing up in Huntington Park, Los Angeles and have only known loyalty to one thing: family. Growing up in immigrant households, both girls are expected to prioritize the well-being of their families. Yolanda, an only child, delivers straight A's and the hope of the American Dream while Mari, the eldest, shares economic responsibilities with her undocumented family who scrambles to make ends meet. -- (C) Official Site
- Directed By
- Aurora Guerrero
- Written By
- Aurora Guerrero
- Genres
- Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Aug 3, 2012 Limited
- Studio
- Wolfe Releasing
Critic Reviews
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Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post
Guerrero's attitude toward the teenagers - understanding and affectionate, without being cloying - is what holds your interest.
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Stephen Holden, New York Times
"Mosquita y Mari," an unassuming indie jewel, resists all of the clichés that its story of the fraught friendship between two 15-year-old girls invites.
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Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
[It] doesn't aim to make any grand statements. It doesn't need to. The sweetness and sincerity Guerrero and her leads infuse into their intimate coming-of-age story is more than enough.
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Rob Nelson, Variety
First-time writer-director Aurora Guerrero beautifully captures the fluctuating dynamics of friendship between 15-year-old girls in Mosquita y Mari.
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David Fear, Time Out New York
The film thankfully resists being either a typical coming-out movie or an ethnocultural curio, but it doesn't offer much insight into the twosome's attraction, platonic or otherwise, to each other.
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