Spanglish (DVD review)

Spanglish (2004) starring Adam Sandler, Tea Leoni, Paz Vega. Vega plays Flor, an immigrant Mexican who goes to work in an Anglo household in southern California. Sandler is John Clasky, and Leoni is Deb Clasky, the couple she works for as a nanny. The movie contains one truly hilarious scene, in which Cristina, Flor's daughter, translates from Spanish into English for her mother when Flor is angry with John. Vega is transcendent in her beauty and her acting. But the script is somewhat lacking, and the real sour note of the movie is Leoni's over-the-top performance as an obsessive, crazed housewife. Parts of her performance are funny, but mostly it just grates. Grade: B