Inevitable comparisons to Pedro Almodovar's domestic farces notwithstanding, Dominic Harari and Teresa Pelegri's family comedy is at heart a sitcom that leaves no cliche unturned while chronicling the foibles of the Jewish Dali family of Barcelona. Control-freak Leni (Marian Aguilera), a successful TV personality, is worried about bringing home her new boyfriend, college professor Rafi (Guillermo Toledo), to meet her family at their handsome middle-class apartment complex. Her foremost concern: she's allowed them to assume he's Jewish because he carries an Israeli passport, when in fact he's Palestinian. Though the Dalis are Spanish born and thoroughly assimilated — ...
Released:
2004
Rated:
R
Length:
85 mins