Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Rijndri Load of rubbish!!

Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

Lumsdal Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

siektwo Much better than i expected. I first saw this film on one of those boring rainy days where you end up sitting in front of the TV channel surfing. i stopped while this was on. needless to say, i watched the whole thing and totally enjoyed it.it's very funny at times, and the plot is hilarious! some of the comedy is slapstick and some of it isn't...but it's all good. give it a rent and you won't be disappointed. i just picked up the DVD for 9.99 and i'm glad i did.yeahhhhhhhhhhh yeah yeah!(sorry, i need ten lines before i could post a comment)

lourd-master I heard about this movie recently, and last night I finally got to see it. I'm glad I did! There were a few laugh-out-loud moments, including scenes with Javier and scenes when Rudy has to deal with the boarder patrol. The romance with the woman from El Salvador was actually tolerable (I generally do not like romance in movies), plus it didn't take up too much of the time. As the movie goes on the audience sees Rudy is a man with a good heart, yet I sensed no sappieness. Another aspect of "Born in East L.A." is that it can make people think about the struggles and poverty that happens just over our boarder; this serious issue is presented in a comedy though, so it's easier to take and people don't have to put their guard up for preachy morals while they're looking for a good laugh. Yes, the movie isn't very deep, but it certainly doesn't have to be. I would recomend "Born in East L.A." to anyone. I definitely have to see it again.

TanjBennett Don't go into this expecting serious stuff. But as a light comedy, done with some warmth, it is pleasant. A shame that it has been deeply cut, all the section about the house across the road is missing (all you get is the mention from mother at the start) and since the result is a really short film with a jagged disconnect at the end, one wonders why they did that. It isn't as if the DVD is overflowing. Did the DVD editor go on holiday or just drop a can of film? Weird. The result is just wrong. Didn't anyone on the original production review the work before issuing it?Some sequences are laugh out loud funny. The eye candy, the tattoo, was happening, and a few other cameos. And if you ignore the comedy for a moment, there is a message and a question in this which is still unanswered, as it has been for hundreds of years (compare to the Streets of New York). The film ages reasonably well, some styles and situations are already dated but it hardly matters.Picture quality is generally clean, nice color. Sound quality ok but it is a pity the editors could not make an effort to give the music more body. Its just a so-so stereo track (the voices don't even seem positioned with aid of the center front speaker) and I presume for something made by Cheech in 87 there would have been some good quality masters available and an ability to position the dialog. But then editors who drop a whole section of the story probably have no motivation to spiff up the sound track either.

seafox-1 this movie is good as it is. but there is a longer version that fills in parts of the story that make it whole. I can't belive they put out the DVD with out the missing sceens. We Need the WHOLE movie thankyou jeffery