The movie Real Women Have Curves starring America Ferrera is a moving and authentic look at the pressures pulling on Mexican immigrants as well as many overweight Americans. The movie shows us Ana Garcia's life during the summer after she graduates high school. Ana goes to work in her sister's dressmaking factory for the summer while she deals with applying to Columbia University, her overbearing mother and her new boyfriend. All these elements are boiled together in a broth of cultural and generational divide. Ana not only deals with a cultural gap wrenching her on both sides; one to her Mexican heritage, the other to fitting in to American ways of life but also with the generational gap common to all children and their parents. Ana's mother takes out the frustration of her older daughter's singleness on Ana and pressures her to lose weight so that she might better attract a husband. Yet Ana's life still transforms from one with little self esteem and self respect to one full of confidence and optimism for the future.
As Ana's boyfriend boosts her confidence she simultaneously comes to realize how hard her family works, and how much they love her. Therefore the viewer is carried along with Ana as she overcomes her fears and successfully bridges the gap between her and her mother whilst also spanning the gap between Mexican culture and American Culture. Ana eventually overcomes her negative self image and recognizes herself as a beautiful person and realizes that every body is beautiful in and of itself. Ana's journey brings the viewer to confront their own stereotypes and misunderstandings about culture and weight. After watching this film the way we view people in America is proved to be misguided, everyone can learn from Ana's passage from self doubt to self respect.
Along the way we meet many characters who impact Ana's life in one way or another, some positively, some negatively. Each character has a purpose and proves that the way we view and treat others makes a difference whether we realize it or not. Real Women Have Curves is a very good movie for making us challenge what the media will have us believe, for giving us some food for thought and making us laugh a little on our way.
This is an excellent movie that I would recommend for all teenagers and adults regardless of background or beliefs because it gives the viewer access to a perspective other than their own.
As Ana's boyfriend boosts her confidence she simultaneously comes to realize how hard her family works, and how much they love her. Therefore the viewer is carried along with Ana as she overcomes her fears and successfully bridges the gap between her and her mother whilst also spanning the gap between Mexican culture and American Culture. Ana eventually overcomes her negative self image and recognizes herself as a beautiful person and realizes that every body is beautiful in and of itself. Ana's journey brings the viewer to confront their own stereotypes and misunderstandings about culture and weight. After watching this film the way we view people in America is proved to be misguided, everyone can learn from Ana's passage from self doubt to self respect.
Along the way we meet many characters who impact Ana's life in one way or another, some positively, some negatively. Each character has a purpose and proves that the way we view and treat others makes a difference whether we realize it or not. Real Women Have Curves is a very good movie for making us challenge what the media will have us believe, for giving us some food for thought and making us laugh a little on our way.
This is an excellent movie that I would recommend for all teenagers and adults regardless of background or beliefs because it gives the viewer access to a perspective other than their own.
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