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Article: Spirited `Women' make this drama memorable.(Scene)
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- The Boston Herald
- Article date:
- November 8, 2002
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Byline: PAUL SHERMAN
"Real Women Have Curves."
Rated PG-13.
At Copley Place, the Embassy and Harvard Square theaters.
2 1/2 stars (out of four)
Somewhere between Ricki Lake's self-assured, hefty heroine in "Hairspray" and Cheech Marin's Mexican-American immigrant caught between two cultures in "Born in East L.A.," there is Ana, the proudly chunky Latina heroine of "Real Women Have Curves."
Vibrantly brought to life by charismatic newcomer America Ferrera, Ana is a highly motivated 18-year-old with dreams of college. However, her traditional parents don't always understand those dreams and, in the case of her ...