Spanglish (DVD, 2005)

I thought this movie shined because of Paz Vega who plays Flor, the Mexican housekeeper hired by Adam Sandler and his on-screen wife, Tea Leoni. Sandler is a talente chef with his own restaurant and his wife is an emotional wreck with issues, but the story actually works because it's told well. Jasmes L. Brooks wrote this and made it flow nicely. I'm not a huge fan of Sandler but it's not his worst work. Vega and the girl who plays her daughter are terrific, they really throw themselves into their roles. The comic surprise for me was Cloris Leachman, who plays Leoni's mother who drinks through the entire movie, she was very funny, I thought. All in all, a pretty good movie.