Review of Raising Victor Vargas (2002) by Mallory B — 24 Jun 2009
Interesting, slow paced film about some Latino kids struggling to find their way through a world foreign to this viewer's experience. This is a coming-of-age film that treats its subject matter with a genuine heart to get it right.
The actors are refreshingly honest, if slightly unpolished. The story didn't need polish, however. What it had going for it was a strong sense of the family as the central unit of this society and a brutally honest portayal of life in the barrio in New York City.
At times painful to watch, the characters still had the power to engender pathos for their situation and the fumbling toward relationships. Learning to trust means occasionally getting hurt, and these kids know this in a way that few of us can comprehend.
This review of Raising Victor Vargas (2002) was written by Mallory B on 24 Jun 2009.
Raising Victor Vargas has generally received positive reviews.
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