A Better Life
A Better Life

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- 72/100 based on 16,309 votes
  • Released: 2011
  • Runtime: 98 mins
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  • Studio: Summit Entertainment
  • Genres: Drama

Carlos Galindo is a decent man, a Mexican single parent working as a gardener in California to raise Luis, his fourteen-year-old son, whom Carlos is frightened will drift into local gang culture. Carlos buys a truck for his work with money loaned by his sister but a shifty new employee steals it from him and, though Carlos and Luis track the thief down, he has sold the truck. Father and son bond as they reclaim the vehicle from the pound but Carlos attracts police attention, ... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in A Better Life:

Demián Bichir
José Julián
Chelsea Rendon
Dolores Heredia
Joaquín Cosío
Carlos Linares

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Carlos Galindo is a decent man, a Mexican single parent working as a gardener in California to raise Luis, his fourteen-year-old son, whom Carlos is frightened will drift into local gang culture. Carlos buys a truck for his work with money loaned by his sister but a shifty new employee steals it from him and, though Carlos and Luis track the thief down, he has sold the truck. Father and son bond as they reclaim the vehicle from the pound but Carlos attracts police attention, making his future in America uncertain when it is discovered that he is an undocumented immigrant.

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Spirituality and Practice - 10/10 by Frederic and Mary Ann BrussatA touching and authentic immigrant tale that touches the heart and is One of the Best Films of 2011.
Boxoffice Magazine - 10/10 by Pete HammondThe timing is right for this remarkable and riveting family drama which puts a human face on the hot-button topic of immigration in such effective and emotional terms that you may never look at the subject in the same way again.
Detroit News - 9/10 by Tom LongThe people here seem real, their world is shaky at best, and the political tension that permeates everything in this film feels palpable.
Seattle Times - 9/10 by John HartlWeitz, who directed the excellent 2002 Hugh Grant movie, "About a Boy," once more does a sensitive job with iffy material.
Toronto Star - 9/10 by Greg QuillPersonalizes the illegal immigrant experience and digs much deeper into what has become a national disgrace.
Television Without Pity - 9/10 by Ethan AlterA Better Life is noble to the very end and that ends up being its undoing.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) - 9/10 by Ken HankeEssentially a variation on Vittorio De Sica's The Bicycle Thief, but it has a vitality and resonance all its own.
NECN - 9/10 by Erick WeberA Better Life is a half-step removed from the Hallmark Hall of Fame.
AwardsCircuit.com - 9/10 by Clayton DavisThe film's beautiful simplicity is carried massively on the work of Demián Bichir, instantly and surely one of the best performances seen in 2011.
Chicago Reader - 9/10 by Andrea GronvallA major star in Mexico, Bichir is quietly affecting as the father, a humble striver who faces loss at every turn.

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