Spare Parts

Based on a wired magazine article The true story of a bunch of a high school students wanting to make something of themselves An underwater robotics competition is being held in California and 4 Hispanic students along with the new principal hope to enter The winner gets $800 in prize money and a few of the students want better lives whether it’s getting into the army or escaping the gang life It’s hard because many of the student body doesn’t graduate, drops out or is deported because of immigration services The only known actors in here are George Lopez, Marisa Tomei, Alexa Vega, and Jamie Lee Curtis It’s a great story about defying the odds given the community affected the most in this country, even if you don’t take home the gold you still get the recognition for trying, for some citizens that still try to find their footing in a country they’ve never belonged to This thing is totally predictable but the comittment of the actors sells it giving it a lot of inspiration as well as cultural pride surrounding the issues of immigration

Fun and moving movie, especially because it’s based on a true story. Latin movie watchers like me will love it but it’s great for anyone wanting an underdog story. Some may say it’s predictable but I didn’t think it was.

Funny and smart... Marisa Tomei was great, and the kids were quirky and funny!

Often covered territory but fun.

Wow, this is one of the best movies I've ever seen! Interesting and inspiring!

This move does its best to make the source material but fails short. The cast takes a few unknown actors that do their best, but it just doesn't work. Ms. Tomei is extremely underutilized in this movie, she should have been given more to do which would have made this movie better. With all that being said it is still an inspiring story that is worth telling.

I actually really liked this movie. It's a good heart warming story without being super sappy.

This feel good movie showed the bottom of society v the very top. Nice to see the underdog win.

While underdog stories rarely change the formula to reverse the genre's grown predictability, especially if it's factually based whether the outcome is informatively known or not, it still gains points over the admirable journey of character-building before tensely accumulates in the climax's main test. Like some that managed to divert predictions, this is a very well-casted, cheerfully fun and topically relevant film driven by dramatized creativity to stir sensible tension and depth-rising stakes that worked well. (B+)

Real life, an captivating story and performance. Well worth it!