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A Better Life (2011)

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A Better Life (2011)

Overview

A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while traveling across town to perform landscaping work for the city's wealthy landowners.


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Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate

Viewer Rating
7.3

Overview

A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while traveling across town to perform landscaping work for the city's wealthy landowners.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Prime Video logoPrime Video
Apple TV logoApple TV
Google Play logoGoogle Play
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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

The film's left-leaning rating stems from its empathetic portrayal of an undocumented immigrant father's struggle for economic stability and family well-being, which implicitly critiques systemic vulnerabilities and aligns with progressive discourse on immigration.

The movie features a diverse, predominantly Latino cast that authentically represents its focus on an immigrant family's struggles. While the narrative deeply explores themes of immigration and cultural identity, it does not explicitly portray traditional identities in a negative light.

Secondary

A Better Life does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The film's narrative is solely focused on the socio-economic struggles and relationship between an undocumented immigrant father and his son in Los Angeles, making LGBTQ+ representation absent from its storyline.

The film "A Better Life" focuses on the struggles of an undocumented immigrant father and his son in Los Angeles. Its narrative primarily explores themes of family, immigration, and socio-economic challenges. There are no identifiable transsexual characters or themes present in the movie's plot or character arcs.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

A Better Life is an original film with characters created specifically for this production. There are no pre-existing source materials, historical figures, or prior adaptations from which characters' genders could have been established and subsequently altered.

A Better Life (2011) is an original film with characters created for this specific production. There is no prior source material, historical figures, or established canon from which characters' races could have been altered.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.3

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.2
The Movie Database logo
7.2

Critic Ratings

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8.6
Metacritic logo
6.4

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