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Audience Member two Cubans in the 1980's are on their way to America to escape the oppresion and the political asylum they are played by Alfred Molina and Marisa Tomei; Molina is Juan Paul Perez and Tomei is Dorita Evita Perez the only way to get into the country is to pretend to be married although the one small detail is that Juan's actual wife,Carmela played by Angelica Houston is still waiting for him...for the last 20 years Immigration Services is often in the way too as they hope to get a sponsor for citizenship they are in a bit of a pickle now as both Juan and Dorita eventually start to develop actual feelings for one another who knew that creating a fake family could feel more real than the one left behind? it's kinda amazing too that for a Latino-based family most of the actors are actually white and the director is Indian native but he still manages to tell a lovable, unexpectedly touching story about how love can spring out of nowhere Juan doesn't want to go with the charade but Dorita will help them both in any way they can to avoid being deported back home Carmela is still blissfully waiting for Juan to come back to her although everyone else has given up saying she's delusional who knows if she's ready to move on? only so much time can pass in waiting when we can finally wake up to see that something is better for us all a very likable treat of a film Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Truly awful. Not funny or dramatic. It hurt to watch. I had high expectations because of the cast. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member two Cubans in the 1980's are on their way to America to escape the oppresion and the political asylum they are played by Alfred Molina and Marisa Tomei; Molina is Juan Paul Perez and Tomei is Dorita Evita Perez the only way to get into the country is to pretend to be married although the one small detail is that Juan's actual wife,Carmela played by Angelica Houston is still waiting for him...for the last 20 years Immigration Services is often in the way too as they hope to get a sponsor for citizenship they are in a bit of a pickle now as both Juan and Dorita eventually start to develop actual feelings for one another who knew that creating a fake family could feel more real than the one left behind? it's kinda amazing too that for a Latino-based family most of the actors are actually white and the director is Indian native but he still manages to tell a lovable, unexpectedly touching story about how love can spring out of nowhere Juan doesn't want to go with the charade but Dorita will help them both in any way they can to avoid being deported back home Carmela is still blissfully waiting for Juan to come back to her although everyone else has given up saying she's delusional who knows if she's ready to move on? only so much time can pass in waiting when we can finally wake up to see that something is better for us all a very likable treat of a film Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Very funny and a perfect story!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Will help you sleep at night. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member My only knock on this movie was that it would have been nice if hollywood would have case Cubans to play the Cubans. Otherwise it's a pretty good movie. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In the midst of the Mariel boat lift -- a hurried exodus of refugees from Cuba going to America -- an immigration clerk accidentally presumes that dissident Juan Raul Perez (Alfred Molina) and Dorita Evita Perez (Marisa Tomei) are married. United by their last name and a mutual resolve to emigrate, Dorita and Juan agree to play along. But it gets complicated when the two begin falling for each other just as Juan reunites with his wife, Carmela (Anjelica Huston), whom he hasn't seen in decades.
Director
Mira Nair
Producer
Lydia Dean Pilcher, Michael Nozik
Screenwriter
Christine Bell, Robin Swicord
Distributor
Samuel Goldwyn Company
Production Co
Samuel Goldwyn Company
Rating
R (Some Sexuality|Language)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 12, 1995, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 7, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.8M
Runtime
1h 52m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo
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