I liked the movie and I am biased towards the subject matter... I was living in Guadalajara Mexico in the early 70's and am familiar with a lot of the movie cliches as I lived through them... The maids/Nanas doing laundry on the roof "azotea" and the old style TV antennas. The narrow garages where you could barely fit a Ford Galaxy. The washing of the dog's "caca" with a bucket of water and an broom "escoba". The guys on the street offering to sharpen knives or sell you baked sweet plantain/bananas. The treatment of the "inditas" maids by the rich adults and how their children at a very early age don't see the class differences. The student movement against the government that left a lot of mothers wondering whether their teenage sons were dead or incarcerated. The influence of Anglo-Americans in the Mexican culture and the knowledge of a different and perhaps better way of living... Seeing the movie by someone who lived in Mexico during those times makes a difference from my point of view, but again it makes me biased towards it. Abrazos...!