Fresh
There's every reason to watch Bread and Roses
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Bread and Roses
The Balance of Power Is About to Change
2000 · 1h 50m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Ken Loach
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Bread and Roses
Overview
In Los Angeles, undocumented Mexican immigrant Maya finds work as a janitor through her sister, Rosa. However, as both work non-union, conditions are grim. After enduring abuse from her superiors, Maya is open to the pro-union rhetoric offered by organiser Sam Shapiro. Rosa, meanwhile, is far less interested in clashing with management, given the needs of her family, and a rift forms between the sisters.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
65%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Loach treats [the story] as a late-breaking sidebar to a narrative that essentially amounts to a tract on the glories of unskilled trade unionism.
Susan Stark, Detroit News
Rotten
Isn't a bad movie, just a painfully obvious one.
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
Fresh
As didactic as it sometimes gets, its heart is always bigger than its ideology.
Jay Carr, Boston Globe
Rotten
Loach and screenwriter Paul Laverty draw everything in simplistic, overstated terms.
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
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