How the Garcia Girls Spent Their SummerOverview and Synopsis

  • How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer
  • Opened May 9, 2008 | Runtime:2 hr. 8 min.
  • R
    sexual content and some language
  • As sweltering summer stretches over a sun-bleached Arizona border town, Doña Genoveva (Lucy Gallardo), the Garcia family matriarch, decides to buy a car. The only catch is that she doesn't know how to drive. When she enlists Don Pedro's pedagogical Read More
  • Cast: America Ferrera, Elizabeth Peña, Lucy Gallardo, Eliana Alexander, Steven Bauer
  • Director: Georgina Garcia Riedel
  • Genres: Romantic Comedy, Comedy Drama, Family Drama

Critic Reviews

  • "Some events take too long to unspool, with lingering close-ups becoming listless and adding to the tedium." USA Today

    - Claudia Puig

  • "...its pacing is leisurely to the brink of stasis." Variety

    - Dennis Harvey

Similar Movies You Might Like

Showtimes + Tickets

Fan Ratings + Reviews

image
Fan Meter (184 ratings):

Fandango Spotlight

Need Help?