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  • How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer
  • Opened May 9, 2008 | Runtime:2 hr. 8 min.
  • R
    sexual content and some language
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 16+. Read More
  • 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: Art House/Foreign, Comedy, Romance

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  • America Ferrera in "How the Garcia Girls Spent their Summer."
  • America Ferrera in "How the Garcia Girls Spent their Summer."
  • America Ferrera in "How the Garcia Girls Spent their Summer."
  • America Ferrera in "How the Garcia Girls Spent their Summer."
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How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer Recent Fan Reviews

  • Must Go!

    Grateful to be me...

    by Mebrick

    A charming glimpse into the life of a, more common than not, family unit. Strong hispanic flavor with occasional sub-titles, but for the open minded, this movie crosses into all cultures as life unfolds before, and around us. Go with the intent of letting your emotions be entertained! Look for ways to connect with the characters and the story will grip you till the end as it did me. AAAAA+

  • Oh No!

    Thank Gawd The Projector Broke!

    by Catnipygoodnss

    We ended up leaving for 2 reasons, the projector kept freezing up and we couldn't stand another moment. This may have worked well in book form but in movie form, it was like watching paint dry. It was extremely slow moving and a film about paint drying would have been more exciting. I did like Elizabeth Pena's character Lolita but unformtunately there were more scenes of driving around the desert and reflecting on life. It made "My Dinner With Andre" seem like Indiana Jones.

  • No

    Dreadful

    by elvispiva

    This movie sucked. It was poorly written and directed and boring.

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