Focus on Lifestyle & Entertainment
May 1 2008
Written by Retha Hill, Phoenix, AZ
Review: “Under the Same Moon”
Playing Now in Limited Release
“Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna)” is designed, of course, to make you cry.
How could you not feel for a mother on one side of the U.S. border separated by circumstances and legality from her adorable 9-year-old son getting by on the other.
Well maybe Lou Dobbs could care less, or even take offense at the premise, but movie goers from the Sundance Festival to art houses throughout the country are applauding the beautiful tale of immigration policy gone wrong.
Under the Same Moon” tells the story of the hard-working Rosario (Kate del Castillo), an illegal immigrant in Los Angeles, whose only connection to her little boy, 
Carlitos, played by the precocious Adrian Alonso, is through a weekly telephone call. When Carlitos loses his caretaker he decides to travel to Los Angeles on his own to find his mother. The movie traces little Carlitos journey as he bravely runs from drug smugglers, childtraffickers and other unsavory characters. But he is befriended and protected by musicians and migrant farm workers and others who see, not the next illegal alien, but a little boy who needs to get to his parent. Predictably, mother and son are reunited and director Patricia Riggens wrings every bit of emotion out of the scene.
The New York Times panned the movie as “screenwriting by numbers” and says it is too busy “sanctifying its protagonists and prodding our tear ducts” to say anythng unique about immigration policies or its borderland victims. Still, “Under the Same Moon” has been a hit with families who understand that the film is about love, not politics.
Have you seen “Under the Same Moon?” Drop into the discussion below to post your thoughts about the movie.
“Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna)” is designed, of course, to make you cry.
How could you not feel for a mother on one side of the U.S. border separated by circumstances and legality from her adorable 9-year-old son getting by on the other.
Well maybe Lou Dobbs could care less, or even take offense at the premise, but movie goers from the Sundance Festival to art houses throughout the country are applauding the beautiful tale of immigration policy gone wrong.
Under the Same Moon” tells the story of the hard-working Rosario (Kate del Castillo), an illegal immigrant in Los Angeles, whose only connection to her little boy, Carlitos, played by the precocious Adrian Alonso, is through a weekly telephone call. When Carlitos loses his caretaker he decides to travel to Los Angeles on his own to find his mother. The movie traces little Carlitos journey as he bravely runs from drug smugglers, childtraffickers and other unsavory characters. But he is befriended and protected by musicians and migrant farm workers and others who see, not the next illegal alien, but a little boy who needs to get to his parent. Predictably, mother and son are reunited and director Patricia Riggens wrings every bit of emotion out of the scene.
The New York Times panned the movie as “screenwriting by numbers” and says it is too busy “sanctifying its protagonists and prodding our tear ducts” to say anythng unique about immigration policies or its borderland victims. Still, “Under the Same Moon” has been a hit with families who understand that the film is about love, not politics.
Have you seen “Under the Same Moon?” Drop into the discussion below to post your thoughts about the movie.
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