History YMMV / Spanglish

* HeReallyCanAct: Adam Sandler (rightly) gets a lot of shit for the choices he's made. This is a good movie and he does a good job in it.

** The shooting script [[spoiler: removes the affirmation and reveals that John did indeed sleep with Flor (he did not in the theatrical version), making the story aim towards more of a DownerEnding.]]

* EsotericHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Cristina is able to affirm to herself (and the Princeton advising committee) that she ''is'' her mother's daughter. All well and good, but... what about the Claskys' marriage? What about Cristina's immediate academic future and her relationship with her mother? Does Bernie ever come to terms, one way or another, with her weight? Will Evelyn stay on the wagon? [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And, will Georgie stop having nightmares?]]]]

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Maybe not back in the day, but now that we live in a time where illegal immigration is a hot-button issue, the fact that two of the main leads ''are'' illegal immigrants and portrayed in a positive light might turn some viewers away.

* EsotericHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Cristina is able to affirm to herself (and the Princeton advising committee) that she ''is'' her mother's daughter. All well and good, but... what about the Claskys' marriage? What about Cristina's immediate academic future and her relationship with her mother? Does Bernie ever come to terms, one way or another, with her weight? Will Evelyn stay on the wagon? [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And, will Georgie stop having nightmares?]]

* EsotericHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Cristina is able to affirm to herself (and the Princeton advising committee) that she ''is'' her mother's daughter. All well and good, but... what about the Claskys' marriage? What about Cristina's immediate academic future and her relationship with her mother? Does Bernie ever come to terms, one way or another, with her weight? Will Evelyn stay on the wagon? [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And, will Georgie stop having nightmares?]]

* EsotericHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Cristina is able to affirm to herself (and the Princeton advising committee) that she ''is'' her mother's daughter. All well and good, but... what about the Claskys' marriage? What about Cristina's immediate academic future and her relationship with her mother? Does Bernie ever come to terms, one way or another, with her weight? Will Evelyn stay on the wagon? [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking]] And, will Georgie stop having nightmares?]]

* EsotericHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Cristina is able to affirm to herself (and the Princeton advising committee) that she ''is'' her mother's daughter. All well and good, but... what about the Claskys' marriage? What about Cristina's immediate academic future and her relationship with her mother? Does Bernie ever come to terms, one way or another, with her weight? Will Evelyn stay on the wagon? [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking]] And, will Georgie stop having nightmares?