Alfred Molina, Anjelica Huston, Celia Cruz

Marisa Tomei releases her inner spitfire in The Perez Family. Dottie Perez (Tomei) comes to the U.S. from Cuba, along with a mixed lot of criminals, lunatics, and political prisoners--includi...( read more  read more... )ng Juan Perez (Alfred Molina), who hopes to be reunited with his wife after 20 years. To work around the bureaucratic politics of the refugee camps, Dottie persuades Juan to pretend that they're married, and drafts a few other Perezes to create a family. Meanwhile, Juan's wife Carmella believes that Juan never arrived and is finally letting go of his memory, helped by the attentions of a Miami police detective (Chazz Palmintieri). Tomei's sexy passion sometimes spills over into silliness and the story unfolds erratically, but the examination of how love grows and how love fades is sincere and affecting. The actors are charismatic, the music's fantastic, and Tomei wears many skimpy outfits. Directed by Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding). --Bret Fetzer

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R, 121 min.

Directed by: Mira Nair

Release Date: May 12, 1995

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DVD Release Date: April 1, 2003

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  • June 5, 2007
    I really like this movie and I really love the whole story line and Marisa Tomei is wonderful in this film, it's definately a nice date movie but that's ok, cause it's not your typical date movie
  • December 10, 2007
    An all-time favorite!
  • April 16, 2009
    "Pretty good movie but mostly because of Marisa Tomei's great performance."
  • November 13, 2008
    Review will be written when/if re-watched (Probability: Zero).

    First viewing: 18.05.2003
  • September 10, 2008
    Marisa was a little over-the-top, but I loved her performance anyway. She was sexy, sultry, primal, everything her character was supposed to be. Alfred Molina and his honest and open face, and his soulful and sexy dark eyes...he was perfection. This movie was highly enjoyable, an...( read more)d left me in need of a cold shower!
  • July 9, 2008
    Not really bad, but not really a great movie. It is something that may be worth renting.
  • July 12, 2007
    i saw this at an advance screening many years ago. i remember it being really cute and heart warming.
  • February 25, 2007
    This is a cool cast!
  • December 10, 2006
    Waste of TIME!! Very Weak movie, DO NOT WATCH, if you do end up watching it, side effects may include: Suicide, murder ramapages, road ramapage, any kinds of ways of harming yourself, and many others...

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