Review of Real Women Have Curves

I had many photos of the actress of Ugly Betty, she is gorgeous, but I had never seen her in a film without the big hair, glasses and braces, this film was my opportunity. Basically Mexican-American teenager Ana Garcia (America Ferrera) is on the verge of becoming a woman and graduating high school with good subject grades. Her family is very traditional, and her overbearing mother Carmen Garcia (Lupe Ontiveros) tries to stop her from doing almost anything a normal teenager can. Ana agrees to work at her sister's sewing factory over the summertime, but she still has the ambition to attend Columbia University, New York, after getting a full scholarship. Her mother expects better of Ana when she knows she has lost her virginity, and she wants her to slim also, but Ana and her dress-making co-workers strip to prove how comfortable they are. In the end, Ana manages to find a way out of her house and go to New York, and it is interesting that her mother doesn't have it in her heart to say goodbye. Also starring Ingrid Oliu as Estela Garcia, George Lopez as Mr. Guzman, Brian Sites as Jimmy, Soledad St. Hilaire as Pancha, Lourdes Perez as Rosali and Jorge Cervera Jr. as Raúl Garcia. Ferrera is gorgeously curvy, and a very good lead for this charmingly interesting comedy drama about going against the odds to get what you want. Good!