Spanglish is a 2004 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by James L. Brooks, and starring Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni, Paz Vega and Cloris Leachman.

For Cristina Moreno's Princeton University application essay, she tells the story of a year from her childhood and how it shaped the person she is today.

John unwittingly angers Flor when he offers to pay the children a set amount for each bit of sea glass they find on the beach.

Since Cristina passionately wants to attend the school, Flor agrees but feels that Deborah is overstepping her bounds and voices her concerns to John, who tells her he empathizes as Bernice has no support from her own mother.

The now-sober Evelyn confronts her daughter about her affair, warning her that she will lose John and ruin her life if she doesn't stop.

Since Cristina is asleep with her friends, John takes Flor to his restaurant, where he cooks for her, and they admit their feelings for each other but acknowledge that they cannot have a relationship.

After she asks her mother for "space," Flor, having lost patience, tells Cristina she needs to answer an important question at such a young age: "Is what you want for yourself to become someone very different than me?"

[3] According to cinematographer John Seale, over two million feet of film was shot; Kodak sent him two bottles of champagne out of appreciation.

The film's failure was partly due to its competition with Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Ocean's Twelve, and Meet the Fockers.

The critical consensus reads, "Paz Vega shines, and Adam Sandler gives a performance of thoughtfulness and depth, but Spanglish is ultimately undermined by sitcommy plotting and unearned uplift.

Some critics described the film as "uneven",[8] "awkward," for example when "John and Flor attempt to bare their souls to one another ... [with] lots of words coming out of their mouths, but there doesn't seem to be a context",[9] and "The supporting performers deserve better, especially ... Cloris Leachman, who's consigned to a demeaning role...[and] the butt of rather mean-spirited jokes.