My Family (Mi Familia) (R, 1997)
common sense media says
Epic, dramatic tale of a Mexican-American family.
parents & educators say
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this movie about a hardworking and loving Mexican-American family has a lot of adult material. Characters are partially nude in passionate love scenes, and there are several violent moments including a bloody shooting, a knife fight that ends in a fatality, and a graphic childbirth scene that ends in a mother's death, her body shown briefly in the morgue. There's a lot of cursing in both English and Spanish; one character drinks and another sells marijuana.
Positive role models:
Mostly the characters try to improve their lives. Two members get involved in criminal activities, including one that
serves time in prison for armed robbery. He redeems himself later in
the film.
serves time in prison for armed robbery. He redeems himself later in
the film.
Violence:
A character, on the run from police, is killed when officers shoot him in the head and the back. Two characters engage in a knife fight: one is fatally stabbed. Both of these scenes are fairly graphic and bloody. A woman threatens a man with a shotgun. Police strike a man with a nightstick. A few fights occur throughout the film. A graphic childbirth scene ends in a mother's death, her body shown briefly in the morgue. A mother makes a perilous journey across a river with her baby.
Sex:
A husband and wife kiss passionately; they are then shown naked in bed; the wife's breast is briefly visible. A man and a woman make love in a field. They are clearly naked, although positioned strategically and shot from the waist up so that nothing is revealed.
Language:
Characters curse frequently in both languages, with the worst being "f--k you" in English and "f--k your mother" in Spanish.
Consumerism:
Not applicable.
Drinking, drugs, & smoking:
A character admits that he sells marijuana. A character drinks an alcoholic beverage. Cigarette smoking shown.
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teen, 15 years old
teen, 15 years old
hell yeahh gang related movie
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