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A Better Life

2011 · Movie · 94 min

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Scores

  • Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer86%as of 2025-05-01
  • Rotten Tomatoes average6.9/10as of 2021-10-05
  • Metacritic64/100as of 2024-05-15

What it is

A Better Life is a 2011 American drama film directed by Chris Weitz and written by Eric Eason, based on a story by Roger L. Simon. It stars Demián Bichir as an undocumented immigrant gardener in Los Angeles who, along with his teenage son, attempts to find his stolen truck.

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Genres
Drama
Original language
English

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