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A Day Without A Mexican (3/10)

May 31st, 2005

I’m really trying to figure out why I rented this movie, as the subject matter, and mokumentaries in general, don’t really interest me. It wasn’t widely released or commercialized, so I wonder how I even heard about it if the reviews were so bad. A Day Without a Mexican is a story of how California gets surrounded by a pink fog (sounds good already, huh?) and all of the Mexicans disappear. While the goverment tries to get to the bottom of the disappearences, chaos ensues across the state.

This movie started as a short film - and should have stayed that way. But hey, it’s made $4 million so far, so you can’t blame them for trying, right? Anyway, the movie is very low budget, and it shows. The acting ranges from horrible (mostly) to okay, with help from Maureen Flannigan. The film is very preachy and almost has a “public service announement” feel to it, especially when a scene is paused and certain facts are scribbled on the screen. However, some of those facts were surprising to me, so I guess I got something out of watching it.

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