Film 7 -S. Carrasco CHRIS KIM

This sentimental film about a underprivileged father trying his best to have a "BETTER LIFE" for his son touched me. My family being very close, helped me relate when I felt the dad was trying to be a good father but also a loose one at that. It was refreshing to see Chris's style of directing as one not related to Disney, where everything works out in the end and the hero gets everything he wishes for. When the truck was stolen and the father was able to keep cool and not beat on the guy when he finds it, I didn't see it as unrealistic but somewhat hard to believe because when one's life is taken away from them by someone it is a distinct nature of human beings to get angry. This family oriented film choked me up when the father finally got everything he wanted but then got stopped by the police and got sent him back to Mexico. It just seemed like he couldn't catch a break and that bothered me because throughout the movie the father kept his cool and had an honest job to support him and his son. And as the director left the film ending in a scene where the father looks towards home to his son, it made me think could he make it back?