A Day Without a Mexican fingerprintLight on feelings.
Calm and low-key
Moving
Some satire
Not a comedy at heart.
Everyday modern life, society, and politics
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Calm and low-key
A Day Without a Mexican is calm and low-intensity.
Moving
Emotionally, it's moving.
Everyday modern life, society, and politics
Its world is built around everyday modern life, society, and politics.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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A Day Without a Mexican is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Hoopla, Plex, and Fawesome. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Reviews are weak, with a GoodWatch score of 40/100 (IMDb 4.8, Rotten Tomatoes 27%, and Metacritic 30). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States.
1 h 38 min
A Day Without a Mexican runs 1 h 38 min.
Not quite. Audiences rate A Day Without a Mexican higher (49) than critics (29). It's more of a crowd-pleaser than a critics' pick.
Yes, a big one. It cost about $2 million to make and earned $10 million worldwide, 6.7 times its budget.
It was made in English, with some Spanish. Produced in Mexico, Spain, United States.
GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for A Day Without a Mexican in 3 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 8 storytelling tropes for A Day Without a Mexican, including Be Careful What You Wish For, Border Patrol, Human-Interest Story.
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