Born in East L.A.
Born in East L.A.

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- 60/100 based on 6,355 votes
  • Released: 1987
  • Runtime: 84 mins
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  • Studio: Universal Pictures
  • Genres: Comedy

Rudy is an American of Mexican descent who is caught up in an immigration raid on a factory. Deported to Mexico as an undocumented immigrant, he has no way of proving that he is in fact an American citizen, and is forced to rely on his cunning to sneak his way back home.... (Full plot summary below)

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Rudy is an American of Mexican descent who is caught up in an immigration raid on a factory. Deported to Mexico as an undocumented immigrant, he has no way of proving that he is in fact an American citizen, and is forced to rely on his cunning to sneak his way back home.

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Los Angeles Times - 9/10 by Kevin ThomasAn across-the-board winner, an exuberant crowd-pleaser that marks its writer-director-star Cheech Marin's first effort apart from his longtime partner Tommy Chong.
Miami Herald - 6/10 by Vicki SandersEnormously good-natured - exactly the wrong tone for a comedy that needs all the rambunctious lunacy it can get. Instead, this story of an American mistakenly deported to Mexico as an illegal alien is amiable and plodding, the very last things you'd expect from Cheech, with or without Chong.
Washington Post - 3/10 by Richard HarringtonIn Born in East L.A., Marin plays it mostly for cheap laughs and only an occasional touch of pathos. In other words, he's taken the easy way out. And the script is so sketchy, the scenes so disconnected and the ideas so vacuous (even for Marin) that Born in East L.A. is in desperate need of a center it never finds in its 75 unfocused minutes. The film is a series of skits, blackouts and punchlines, but finished it's not.
User Review - 10/10 by Angie Mwhen i was little this was me and my dad's movie!! Was-happe-ning!
User Review - 10/10 by stephanie ryou have to be hispanic in order to love it.
User Review - 10/10 by Andi JAMO MAS AL PRIMO...JAVIER "..A gUSTO.." ---"LA TUYA" HAHA!! LOL!
User Review - 10/10 by Nate mholy shit more weed then a drug dealer up in here
User Review - 10/10 by Gabe BOLD SKOOL, A MUST SEE... Gotta Love my man CHEECH
User Review - 10/10 by angela vMakes you proud to be a lighter shade of brown...sigh
User Review - 10/10 by Juan LWhos ever said the topic of immigration can't be funny.

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