Nothing Like the Holidays
Christmas tale about a Puerto Rican family in Chicago. Worth watching for a cast that includes <PERSON> and the late <PERSON>, who tragically passed away when she was just 55 years old from cirrhosis of the liver (alcoholism). I've always loved her since seeing her in "La Bamba" and then "Jacob's Ladder", "Blue Steel", and in what might be her greatest role "Lone Star". Here she plays the mom to two sons and a daughter. 369
The oldest is played by <PERSON>, which is very distracting, as he's only a year younger than <PERSON> in real life.
The script and filmmaking is admittedly pretty cookie cutter. Yet it's hard to resist this cast. It's rare to get a Christmas movie from Hollywood with a predominantly Latino cast. That's something to celebrate!
Happy Holidays! 698