A Better Life Comments

  • Danielle 2022-04-23 07:05:49

    A film with the same warmth and subtlety as the male protagonist. Not overly cruel, nor unrealistic...

  • Marion 2022-04-23 07:05:49

    American version of Bicycle Thief + Mexican version of The Visitor. In the film, the son asks: "Why do poor people have children?" I started asking this question 20 years ago, and I still have no...

  • Alex 2022-04-22 07:01:55

    The American Dream was never...

  • Sincere 2022-04-22 07:01:55

    I forgot when was the last time my eyes were red and swollen, this story touched me. The hardships of Mexican immigrants chasing the American dream in the U.S. seems to mirror every immigrant. Father-son love is touching, even if life deceives you, you still have to be full of hope for it, so that you can have a better...

  • Greta 2022-04-22 07:01:55

    Videos focusing on the lives of Mexican illegal cross-border personnel who are struggling at the bottom of the United States. They are simple, plain, and unreasonable, but they are very touching and full of a strong humanistic spirit. I like such...

  • Addison 2022-04-22 07:01:55

    84th Academy Awards Best Actor Nominee Immigrant + Father-Son Romance Movie

  • Gia 2022-04-22 07:01:55

    I am really moved, life is always so unsatisfactory, the more I long for a better life, the more I suffer endless blows and setbacks, the father's love for his son is fully demonstrated at the end of the film, "Why did you give birth to me?" ——Because of love,...

  • Whitney 2022-04-22 07:01:55

    A solid four star...

  • Marcus 2022-04-22 07:01:55

    Immigrants are bitter, father-son love is...

  • Lia 2022-04-22 07:01:55

    Three-and-a-half-stars, poor and poor immigrants, poor and humble fathers and sons, poor people, low-quality people, and bad luck to be bullied. The immigrant version of "Happiness Knocks on the Door" and the modern version of "The Bicycle Stealer" are overjoyed to great sorrow, and then in exchange for the return of family affection. A good independent production is like a cup of fresh green tea, making fun of hardships and struggling against adversity, conveying the optimistic but helpless...

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A Better Life quotes

  • Carlos Galindo: This country is a land of dreams. It can be a hard place, a cruel place. But it's where I work, and I dream of a better place for my son.

  • Carlos Galindo: This truck is my only chance to grow this into something big. So we can move out of here and get you in a better school.

A Better Life

Director: Chris Weitz

Language: English,Spanish Release date: July 28, 2011