A Better Life 2011 123movies

Watch: A Better Life 2011 123movies, Full Movie Online – Carlos Galindo is a decent man, a Mexican single parent working as a gardener in California to raise Luis, his fourteen-year-old son, whom Carlos is frightened will drift into local gang culture. Carlos buys a truck for his work with money loaned by his sister but a shifty new employee steals it from him and, though Carlos and Luis track the thief down, he has sold the truck. Father and son bond as they reclaim the vehicle from the pound but Carlos attracts police attention, making his future in America uncertain when it is discovered that he is an undocumented immigrant..
Plot: A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while traveling across town to perform landscaping work for the city’s wealthy landowners.
Smart Tags: #beverly_hills_california #birdfeeder #purchase #tree_climbing #crossing_oneself #disc_jockey #lawnmower #looking_at_oneself_in_a_mirror #malibu_los_angeles #murder #tree #sale #sleeping_on_a_couch #sliding_downhill #hat #car #tv_news #department_of_homeland_security #hose #key #watching_tv

Find Alternative – A Better Life 2011, Streaming Links:

123movies | FMmovies | Putlocker | GoMovies | SolarMovie | Soap2day

Ratings:

	7.2/10 Votes: 16,056
	85% | RottenTomatoes
	64/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 179 Popularity: 10.415 | TMDB

Reviews:

Inspiring and touching movie
Greetings from Lithuania.

“Better Life” was a really good movie. It reminded my another good movie about similar life “The Visitor”. This is a really inspiring and touching movie about single fathers “journey” to make a better life for his son (or as they say, to find American dream). The way is hard, and sure not everyone can go through it. It’s really rare in these days to see such a simple story on a big screen, not overdone in special effects and stuff like that.

If you like simple and quiet but powerful stories, “Better Life” is one not to be missed.

Powerful and authentic glimpse into the human story of the intractable immigration issue

* Kirk Honeycutt, film critic for the Hollywood Reporter and host of the UCLA film course where we previewed this movie immediately compared it to Vittorio De Sicas’s 1948 classic film The Bicycle Thief . In it a man and his son search for a stolen bicycle vital for his job. Fast forward to the present time as Carlos, an undocumented immigrant, (played by Mexican super star Demian Bichir) and his teenage son (played by Jose Lulian, an American making his acting debut ) are on a similar quest. They are searching for Carlos’ stolen truck which he bought with borrowed funds to give him his one chance to make a decent living as a gardener and pay off his debts. Where the original Italian movie painted a picture of the poverty in post war Italy, this film provides an insight into life in East Los Angeles with its poverty, gangs, immigrants desperate for work and living with constant fear of being deported. It captures the poignancy and the dilemmas of hard working immigrant families in cities like Los Angeles who are trying to survive and provide a better life for their children while one step away from being arrested and sent home. The screenplay by Eric Eason is short on words but crystal clear in the emotional impact which it provides not only with the stark reality of the situation that the father and son are faced with but in the emotional struggle that each of them must feel. Bichir’s performance could not be better as his face tells his story as does his words in both English and Spanish (with appropriate subtitles). Veteran director Chris Weitz teamed with award winning Spanish cinema photographer Javier Aguirresarobe to put together a realistic vision of the characters and environment which was filmed in 69 different locations in Los Angeles. Despite the effectiveness of the film, there are no clear villains and no new calls for action. While there may be a morsel of hope there is also the depressing possibility of a never ending line of people with crushed dreams. The film, itself, is an amazingly powerful and authentic glimpse into the human story that is part of the “intractable immigration issue.” The emotional pull precludes over intellectualizing. (2011)

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 38 min (98 min), 1 hr 38 min (98 min) (USA)
Budget 10000000
Revenue 1759252
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Drama, Romance
Director Chris Weitz
Writer Eric Eason, Roger L. Simon
Actors Demián Bichir, José Julián, Eddie ‘Piolin’ Sotelo
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 10 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital, DTS
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Arricam LT, Zeiss Master Prime and Angenieux Optimo Lenses
Laboratory DeLuxe, Hollywood (CA), USA (prints), Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA (digital intermediate)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak Vision3 250D 5207, Vision3 500T 5219)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Super 35 (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (spherical) (Fuji Eterna-CP 3514DI), D-Cinema