Abruptly abandoned by her husband in a country completely foreign to her, Colombian native Mariana (Paola Mendoza) struggles to take care of herself and her two young children on the unforgiving streets of New York City. Sebastian Villada, Laura Montana and Anthony Chisholm also star in this gritty independent drama jointly written and directed by Mendoza and her collaborator Gloria La Morte.
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Too much of everything
Did you people see the same film I saw?
Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
Overly sentimental, poorly written and acted, an infamous stereotype of a naive poor latina who refuses to learn two words in english and speaks spanish to all the locals, a passive accumulation of misfortunes, a constant soft guitar and piano soundtrack over mechanical and manipulative events, a sudden and detached outcome... mediocre, uninteresting, unbearably soft film-making. It lightly scratches the surface of the human drama and adds absolutely nothing to the issue, other than clichés and common places.This is a terrible movie, so dreadful that the short running time feels like an eternity. The scarce lifting moments are painfully lame and powerless, as dreadful as everything else. Paola Mendoza´s acting is just bad and the fact she´s turning this script into a novel makes me think the worse. I´d rather watch "El Norte" over and over. This is the worst film about immigration I´ve ever seen. It might even be the only bad one since the nature of the issue is so important it usually allows movies to be relevant on all levels. "Entre Nos" is a complete failure with a shameless presumptuous title.
This movie is low budget, no known actors, no big advertising ...or any for that matter....and it's absolutely great!yes it's sad, even seemingly tragic. I grew up very poor and it was really tough for me to watch because it made me relive a time of my life when I was a kid that I just rather forget. It's believable because stuff like this actually happens all the time everyday. You find yourself saying "oh no, don't go there" or " Oh no what are they going to do now?" a lot in this movie. Just when you think things are getting better...something else goes wrong. At times you just find yourself telling the TV ..... "no don't that!" It really is worth a watch. lucky for me I know Spanish so it makes it a bit better, but even if you don't it's no biggie. If you 're a "real" movie fan, this is a must see.
The story told in "Entre nos" is one that crosses cultures around the world therefore resulting in a gripping and heart-wrenching movie. A mother of two is reunited in Queens, New York with her husband. Mariana and her kids are new to the United States from Colombia and speak barely any English and therefore Mariana has not established herself as a self-sufficient individual and thus her family relies entirely upon her husband to support their family. However, he takes off for Miami in search of a job, insisting upon leaving Mariana behind with the children. It takes a depressing and anger-engendering amount of time for her husband to decide he no longer wants to be anchored by the burden of his family, and ceases to send money to his wife and children. Soon they are evicted and forced to sleep in parks and dumpster diving for cans to earn enough money everyday for food. The remarkability of Mariana's story is her bravery and the unwavering love she shows her children and her oldest child shows her. Forgiveness and patience toward each other comes easily amidst some of the most trying of circumstances imaginable for a family. The characters in this movie are ones worth emulating, and there is an abundance of loving traits audiences can and ought to garner from the story.
Entre Nos was a great movie! This movie was about a young woman fighting to find the life she had after her husband leaves her with nothing and forced out to the streets with two young children. It shows what families from other countries coming to America struggle with on a daily basis. The way this movie is filmed is in a natural lighting in Brooklyn New York, but they still add in the lighting to make parts seem more dramatic. The city seems very dirty with trash blowing around when they are walking through the city. Their clothing gets torn and dirty when they are sleeping on the streets and it makes you feel terrible and want to help them with everything when watching them struggle. The mother in the movie is a real fighter and does anything she needs to keep her children safe. In one part when she gets a place to stay and has enough money left over to buy one bag of potato chips, the children share it. It shows you how hungry they are when the children are licking the salt out of the bag while the mother watches. Its a hard part to watch and to know that this is a true story is so upsetting. The ending is great! It will be worth going through the very emotional movie and seeing the trouble in which this family goes through. I would recommend this to anyone! Its something I think everyone should see. Its hard to watch but its something that happens in America everyday. The mother is so strong and for her to be the director and an actress in it is amazing! The actress does a great job knowing that a part of her family went through this struggle so her heart is in this story. Amazing movie its definitely a must see for everyone!