Bread and Roses

Name: Bread and Roses
Genre: Drama
Released: May 11, 2001
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 57
Cast: Adrien Brody, Pilar Padilla

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Lions Gate Films | Release Date: May 11, 2001 | TV-MA

Starring: Adrien Brody, Pilar Padilla

Summary: In chronicling the experiences of Maya, a young Mexican woman who crosses the border illegally and must fend for herself in contemporary Los Angeles, director Ken Loach takes an individual's personal and professional struggle and builds it into a moving portrait of one of our nation's most troubled -- and least visible -- communities.In chronicling the experiences of Maya, a young Mexican woman who crosses the border illegally and must fend for herself in contemporary Los Angeles, director Ken Loach takes an individual's personal and professional struggle and builds it into a moving portrait of one of our nation's most troubled -- and least visible -- communities. (Lions Gate Films)… Expand

Director: Ken Loach

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: TV-MA

Runtime: 110 min

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Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard

The film is never less than a satisfying mix of compelling entertainment and social critique. The performances are uniformly superb.

Desson Thomson

There's every reason to watch Bread and Roses for what Loach really does best: He involves us directly in the desperate lives of his characters, who are forced to live without security and who have to compromise to make ends meet. And, above all, who feel as real as moviemaking allows. Read full review

Desmond Ryan

Full of pungent and telling observation.

Sean Axmaker

It's a passionate film powered by the righteous anger of injustice. Read full review

New Times (L.A.) Gregory Weinkauf

What's somewhat ironic about Bread and Roses is that it's bound to be more interesting to people outside of L.A. than in it. Read full review

Peter Rainer

Loach has gotten hold of a marvelous subject -- the invisibility of the working poor in the environs of the rich -- that keeps you watching despite all the banner-waving. Read full review

Edward Guthmann

Loach and screenwriter Paul Laverty draw everything in simplistic, overstated terms. The good guys are pure and spunky, the bad guys bellicose and one-dimensional, the conflicts stripped of nuance. Read full review

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sirwalteraleigh

May 2, 2016

A must-have for any movie is sympathy with the leading protagonists. This movie fails, woefully, from the outset as one's sympathies lie with the people it is trying to vilify.

I had to force myself to sit through it. It is vague, sentimental, do-gooding trash that is just indulgentA must-have for any movie is sympathy with the leading protagonists. This movie fails, woefully, from the outset as one's sympathies lie with the people it is trying to vilify.

I had to force myself to sit through it. It is vague, sentimental, do-gooding trash that is just indulgent nonsense from the 'arty' community.

The 'heroine' is an illegal immigrant. In other words, she should not be in LA to start with. She is then given a cleaning job by a sympathetic supervisor who has no need to employ illegal immigrants, jeopardising his own position. Of course she is not going to have the backing of any union! She's ILLEGAL!!!!!

The film tries (but fails) to create dislike for the supervisor and rally emotional support for a bunch of cleaners who should actually be grateful for their employment as they are all ILLEGAL. If you don't like it, go back to Mexico and have no job. Crikey.

What a waste of time, which I will never get back. The movie is truly pointless.… Expand

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