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Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

I caught this on cable - thank goodness I didn't have to pay extra for it! It is pure propaganda and apology for illegal immigration and illegal employment of illegal immigrants. As if illegal immigrants have any right to a job, a union, or to "negotiate" for wages!! I'm glad this battle is finally coming to a head in our country.I moved to Britain as a youth, just out of high school. I hoped to get a job to sustain myself while trying to be a musician. No one would hire my (rightly so!) even though I arrived legally - on a tourist visa. That is the way it works folks - immigration is a legal process that bestows certain rights on those would go through that process. Employment and union wages are NOT a right just for crossing the border in the dead of night. I have no sympathy. And....theft (as undertaken my Maya!) is a felonious crime!This film actually made me angry - it was NOT entertaining!

I am a member of United Food & Commercial Workers. The first time I saw this movie was August 23, 2004 at a youth conference. This is one of the best union movies I have seen. I was in Montreal this summer at a convention and we all sang the song as well. The movie is very moving and gives a very powerful perspective on what happens at some strikes and also what happens when workers find out you are trying to organize the workplace. Organizing is when you try and get the workplace unionized. As a female, I am truly amazed at the fight these women put up with to become unionized. I personally have been touched by Bread & Roses and I know many fellow union members who have been as well.

This film gets less attention than it should because it's so explicitly political. That's one of its strengths, but if you think it will bother you, see it for the great story and the wonderful acting. Bread and Roses is one of the most intensely realistic films I've ever seen, but at the same time it's one of the most dramatic, and also one of the most moving. If you can watch the confrontation between Rosa and Maya, or the last few scenes of the movie, without crying, you need to check your pulse.

The idea was good; the injustice of the plight of illegal Mexican workers is well- felt (especially from the p.o.v. of a woman, for once). However, there are various scenes in the movie where "corny" is the only adjective I would use to describe the intensity and feeling. In a sense, by watching Bread and Roses, we understand what "role" each character is supposed to "play" in the layout of the story. George Lopez's character (Perez) is the "dick" boss; his non-stop cursing and unnecessary shouting at old ladies gives him away-- unbelievable, un- authentic. The first meeting the Angel workers hold is reminiscent of something the Bayside crew would have done on Saved By the Bell-- again, the viewer knows what's supposed to be going on.. but it's of the utmost cheese. Thirdly, Sam's argument with his boss is again another "typified" scene.. In fact, the only truly believable scene is Rosa's breakdown during which Maya's "Yo no sabìa"'s are felt loud and clear. Just because this movie treats a "taboo" subject, it raises no questions; it conjures no thought-- why not get into Perez's character a little, and get into his role as a recent immigrant? How about the smugglers? How about Maya's (and other workers') status as, "illegal" aliens in the first place-- can they demonstrate against a corporation when they themselves don't pay taxes to contribute to the making of laws, etc. that are supposed to protect them? The husband's diabetes? Who pays for the "health care" that these workers desperately deserve? TAXED workers do, that's who! None of these questions were raised.. this film is mediocre, at best.