Mi Vida Loca

1994 "Mothers. Warriors. Sisters. Survivors."
6.5| 1h32m| R| en
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Mousie and Sad Girl are childhood best friends in a contemporary Los Angeles poor Hispanic neighborhood. But when Sad Girl becomes pregnant by Mousie's boyfriend, a drug dealer named Ernesto, the two become bitter enemies. While their dispute escalates towards violence, the violence of the world around them soon also impacts their lives.

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Also starring Angel Aviles

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Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Rijndri Load of rubbish!!
Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.
Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
TrixRforKids Well let's see...I saw this movie when I was about twelve years old and thought it was pretty good considering it was a low budget film, and I still do give credit to the makers of it for that aspect. However I am afraid to say that being grown up and realizing that gangs are anything but cool and that two women getting pregnant by the same man and fighting for him, is by far what defines Mexican culture. Therefore I am going to have to give this movie two thumbs down. The movie does nothing but show the negative aspects of ghetto life and places Hispanic faces to portray it.Main characters Mousie and Sad Girl never change throughout the movie. In fact almost all the characters are pretty one-dimensional and have no revelation or turn-around whatsoever. The only character to change was Giggles when she decides to get a job with computers but the other girls look at her as if they don't know the meaning of the word. They think she's weird for wanting to better herself so instead they sit around at home, don't go to school, deal drugs and bring their children around the other gang members. There's even an irrelevant part where Sad Girl is "tripping out" because she only has two food stamps left. Little lines like that that have no meaning or relevance to the progression of the story make me cease to wonder why Hollywood insists on making Hispanics be portrayed so poorly.To the makers of this movie...Shame on you.
MovieLuvaMatt "Mi Vida Loca" is a documentary-like approach to examining the lives of Hispanic girls in Echo Park. The film is never over-dramatized. The dialogue is authentic, and never stylized, and so are the performances. The story never takes the predictable Hollywood route. However, it still could've used more structure. At first I thought the film's focus was on the character of Sad Girl. About 15-20 minutes through, the focus changes to another character and the same pattern occurs throughout the film. So I didn't feel as connected to the film as I expected. If the characters and situations were unrealistic, I would be totally disengaged, but that wasn't the case and as a result, I was still entertained and moved. Almost all the scenes take place in apartments, sidewalks and parks, so it's obvious that the film was made on a low-budget, but that small budget was put to good use and I give Allison Anders much credit. My score: 7 (out of 10)
daffy2003us The movie Mi Vida Loca was very interesting because it taught about how the gangs worked, and what you had to do to get in the gang. The movie focused on how two best friends ended up hating each other over a man, when they should have known that a man will come and go, but friendship last forever. I really enjoyed it,and I would give it two thumbs up, I still feel the ending could have been better, but over all it was great!
Luvme36us My name is Jacquelin. I'm 17 years old, and currently attending Arts of living. Which's an alternative school for pregnant women and new moms. I have a 5 month old baby boy name Tali. I'm ambitious, determined and out going.The movie Mi Vida Loca is about a girl-gang in Echo Park, and basically it shows you the reality of gangs now a days. It shows you what these young teens face. From being a teen mom, a drug dealer etc..I really enjoyed this movie a lot. I can actually relate to this movie because I'm a teen mom. I use to hang with gang- bangers, but having a baby can really change someone. I recommend this movie to every teen that's in a gang or hangs out with gang-bangers. So they can see how dumb they look for one, and for two so they can realize what they're risking. This movie has a great lesson behind it. Which's be careful what you do because What goes around comes around.