A COMEDY WITH A LANGUAGE ALL ITS OWN.
Illegal immigrant Flor Moreno (Paz Vega) becomes a housekeeper in John Clasky’s (Adam Sandler) household, a home where everybody has issues to deal with. This film feels like a typical James L. Brooks experience; it even has ingredients similar to Terms of Endearment (1983). It is also another attempt by Sandler to broaden his range; heās OK as the overly cautious master chef. Cloris Leachman has fun as his hard-drinking mother-in-law and Vega is reasonably charming as the housekeeper. But TĆ©a Leoniās annoying behavior and the film’s omnipresent mediocrity are drawbacks.
2004-U.S. 131 min. Color.Ā Written and directed byĀ James L. Brooks.Ā Cast:Ā Adam Sandler (John Clasky), TĆ©a Leoni (Deborah Clasky), Paz Vega (Flor Moreno), Cloris Leachman, Shelbie Bruce, Sarah Steeleā¦ Thomas Haden Church.
Trivia:Ā Anne Bancroft was reportedly considered for Leachman’s part.