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	The Popkorn Junkie :: Real Women Have Curves
		The Popkorn Junkie :: Real Women Have Curves
		"Real Women Have Curves" is a very nice and entertaining but not deep film that centers on the lives of one teenage latin-american girl and her life with her family.
		She is so real playing an overweight teenager who already has the disadvantage of being a minority who has the potential to make it big in the world outside her somewhat bleak surroundings.
	popkornjunkie.com /reviews/realwomenhavecurves.html (724 words)

	RHE 306 (40815) - Paper Three Example: "Real Women Have Curves" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Real Women Have Curves is an exemplary coming of age film because it illustrates the amount of support a teenager needs to endure coming of age, it shows some chapter in a teenager's life closing as a result of maturity and it has elements of realism at the end of the teen's journey.
		The first way that Real Women Have Curves depicts a good coming of age film is through the amount of support given to Ana through her relationships.
		In Real Women Have Curves, however, reality is adequately illustrated in the closing scene when Ana is leaving for New York from her East Los Angeles neighborhood.
	www.cwrl.utexas.edu /~russell/spring04/realwomen.html (1686 words)

	"Real Women Have Curves" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In "Real Women Have Curves," not all the women are real and not all of them have sufficient curves.
		In the seminal scene in the play, the most moving and meaningful, the five women strip down to their underwear and, in a powerful display of feminist defiance, bare their flawed bodies, celebrating their unity, their individuality and their potential to pursue the American dream.
		But it also has the promise of real talent, and the obvious signs of a young writer's ability to challenge the sexual-political status quo -- for Latinas and for real women everywhere.
	www.roxanecarrasco.com /curves.html (531 words)

	Real Women Have Curves
		"Real Women Have Curves" is the type of film that presents a Latino family as having landscaping cousins who always hang around strumming guitars.
		RWHC, by director Patricia Cardoso, is aimed at a teenaged girl demographic and offers a good role model with the smart and ambitious character of Ana.
		Lupe Ontiveros anchors RWHC, using her experience and ability as an actor to be the foil to Ana's developing personality.
	www.reelingreviews.com /realwomenhavecurves.htm (972 words)

	DVD Review: Real Women Have Curves (2002)
		Real Women Have Curves is a teenage-girl empowerment movie hidden under the guise of an indie drama.
		Carmen believes in the typical female Hispanic stereotype - that a women is defined by her relationships with men, and in order to be successful, must also be married.
		Real Women Have Curves doesn't pull any punches when dealing with a girl conflicted in her life.
	www.lightsoutfilms.com /dvd_realwomenhavecurves.html (518 words)

	Real Women Have Curves - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Real Women Have Curves is a 2002 American movie starring America Ferrera.
		Produced by HBO and directed by Patricia Cardoso, it debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award in addition to Special Jury Prizes for both Ferrera and Lupe Ontiveros.
		Before achieving her goal, she must try to balance her mother's traditional view of women with her own contemporary ideas while dealing with self-image issues and exploring a new romantic relationship.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Real_Women_Have_Curves (236 words)

	Real Women Ride Their Own (TM) - Motorcycle Apparel designed for Real Women! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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	www.realwomenrto.com (107 words)

	real women have curves america ferrera
		”Real Women Have Curves” is a cute coming of age story in which Ana, a first generation Mexican-American teenager, is living in a predominately Latino community of East Los Angeles.
		While in real life her mother encouraged her educational goals, in this movie, Ana’s mother is completely against her daughter’s dream of going to college.
		In this section women explain how they view men who are spiritual and discuss their understanding of male spirituality.
	www.seasonedwithlove.com /real_women_have_curves_movie_review.htm (1041 words)

	Real women have curves Oakland Tribune - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		"Women are searching for help and finally designers are listening and providing that service," says Suze Yalof-Schwartz, a fashion editor at Glamour magazine who oversaw a project that plucked ordinary women from the street and allowed them to try on 1,300 swimsuits.
		Women with fuller stomachs may choose a bikini bottom that sits low on the hips to elongate a mid-section, while long-torsoed women might choose a low-cut bottom that sets off hips.
		Women who don't want to bare anything in that area might choose a skirtini, a suit with a skirt, by Liz Claiborne.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20040621/ai_n14578200 (899 words)

	Slant Magazine - DVD Review: Real Women Have Curves
		Real Women Have Curves wears its empowerment on its sleeve but even its worst harangues are easy to swallow thanks to heart-breaking performances by Ferrera and Ontiveros.
		Ferrera, who made her feature film debut in Real Women Have Curves, reveals herself to be one of the most insightful and passionate voices of her generation.
		Real Women Have Curves is a sweet and powerful rebuke of the epidemic of discouragement that plagues so many cultures of color.
	www.slantmagazine.com /dvd/dvd_review.asp?ID=127 (611 words)

	WomanOf the Month: Josephina Lopez, author of Real Women Have Curves
		Let’s define ourselves.” That is the message—just one of the messages—offered to women and girls by Josephina Lopez, acclaimed Latina playwright, screenwriter and activist.
		Author of the play Real Women Have Curves, for which she coauthored the screenplay for the successful movie, Lopez is a new mother, has another screenplay, Lola Goes to Roma, headed for production, and is working on novellas.
		When asked for a final bit of advice or wisdom to pass on to women and girls, Lopez notes that she used to think men were in charge.
	www.womenof.com /Articles/wm_8_1_05.asp (864 words)

	Real Women Have Curves movie Review at The Z Review UK movie review
		Real Women Have Curves is a refreshing little film that is coming of age story about the definition of a person's inner-beauty.
		The conclusion of Real Women Have Curves has to be one of the most original and acceptable endings of any film this year.
		Real Women Have Curves won a Special Audience Award at this year's Sundance Film Festival and I have to admit that it is a crowd pleaser.
	www.thezreview.co.uk /reviews/r/realwomenhavecurves.htm (731 words)

	Real Women Have Curves (2002)
		In Real Women Have Curves, new actress America Ferrera is absolutely inspiring as Ana Garcia, a Hispanic high school girl who is looking for direction immediately after graduation.
		She appreciates the work being done by the other women who work for her sister, but she knows there is some higher target on her horizon.
		They have real women curves compared to the size 3 and 4 dresses they are assembling.
	www.filmmonthly.com /Video/Articles/RealWomenHaveCurves/RealWomenHaveCurves.html (368 words)

	Amazon.com: Real Women Have Curves: Video: America Ferrera,Lupe Ontiveros,Ingrid Oliu,George Lopez,Brian Sites,Soledad ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		What Carmen doesn't realize is that Ana has inherited her courage and presence of mind from her and her husband: Ana is a product, the physical manifestation of Carmen's wishes and dreams of a better life for her children and herself.
		The set piece of "Real Women have Curves" is a scene in the garment factory when all the women, lead by Ana, decide to shed their clothing initially because of the heat.
		And "real" women do have curves, as evidenced by Ana and her rather healthy coworkers stripping to their underwear on a steamy, sticky day in the dress shop.
	www.amazon.com /Real-Women-Curves-America-Ferrera/dp/B00008OSEO (2059 words)

	"Real [Fat] Women Have Curves"
		When someone says "real women have curves", what they really mean is "real women have hanging, disgusting, flaps of flab and asses large enough to smother a medium-sized population of jackals".
		I guess what I'm saying is that instead of "real women have curves", maybe one ought to say "some women are big fatsoes and some aren't, and that includes women who don't necessary have contracts with Maybelline".
		I might even tolerate a phrase like "some women are allowed to blame their genetics for the radius of their thighs and don't have the money for the liposuction".
	www.savethehumans.com /culturebashing/outbursts/real_women/index.shtml (437 words)

	Real Women Have Curves
		Real Women Have Curves is academic-turned-director Patricia Cardoso’s debut feature film.
		None of these points are particularly subtle — the piece is based on the autobiographical play by Josefina Lopez, who also co-wrote the screenplay — but in Ferrara’s case, a star is born.
		See Real Women Have Curves for her performance alone.
	www.culturewars.org.uk /2003-01/curves.htm (367 words)

	Real Women Have Curves
		At its heart, Real Women Have Curves is about two interconnected things, teenage rebellion and a generational culture clash, and familial expectations.
		The other overriding issue in Real Women Have Curves is that of weight.
		Real Women Have Curves is adapted by George LaVoo (Frisk) and Josefina Lopez from her play.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/real_women_have_curves.html (597 words)

	Real Women Have Curves Movie Review at Hollywood Video
		A classic example is Real Women Have Curves, which, like fellow Audience Award-winning films Run Lola Run and Dogtown and Z-Boys, is a well-crafted crowd-pleaser.
		The first is the lesser of the two, with Ferrera constantly talking about how she had to relearn acting to bring Ana, whom she also played on stage, to the screen.
		The Real Women Have Curves DVD also sports two featurettes; like many making-off documentaries, they're pretty bland, and at times the interviews' relentless flogging of the film cross the line into self-aggrandizement.
	www.hollywoodvideo.com /movies/movie.aspx?MID=116569 (742 words)

	Real Women Have Curves (2002): Reviews
		Even though the storyline of Real Women Have Curves is a somewhat familiar tale, the film's originality lies in the way in which it's told.
		One of the not-so-nice qualities of Real Women Have Curves is that it occasionally is as preachy as its title suggests.
		Real women are portrayed as beautiful, strong, intelligent, loyal, and passionate.
	www.metacritic.com /film/titles/realwomenhavecurves (1175 words)

	SPLICEDwire \| "Real Women Have Curves" review (2002) Patricia Cardoso, America Ferrera, Lupe Ontiveros
		Self-respect, self-confidence and self-empowerment are the rah-rah-rah themes of "Real Women Have Curves," a winning, if a little pandering, coming-of-age indie about a East Los Angeles Latina with a vexatious mother, a generous figure and an admirable amount of gumption.
		Ana's journey is not a stereotypical one of self-discovery, as she's already comfortable enough in her own skin to be proud of her Rubenesque physique, poised enough to stand up for herself and sharp enough to toy a little with a nervous boy she likes.
		When he says, "You have a really beautiful face," Ana replies, "Just my face?" Instead the movie is about a young woman flustered by indecision at a crossroads in her life.
	www.splicedonline.com /02reviews/realwomen.html (582 words)

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	Movie Info for Real Women Have Curves on MSN Movies
		Ana's job at the dress factory proves to be a real eye opener; she gains a new respect for Estela's business acumen, but is also appalled by the low wages and unpleasant working conditions that are part and parcel of the garment industry.
		While Ana is not unattractive, she carries more than a few extra pounds, a subject her mother mentions at every available opportunity, and as Ana encourages her co-workers at the shop to stand up for themselves and gain a greater perspective of their own worth, she takes a long hard look at her own self-image.
		Real Women Have Curves won the Audience Award at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, while actresses America Ferrera and Lupe Ontiveros received a Special Jury Prize at the same festival for their performances.
	entertainment.msn.com /Movies/Movie.aspx?m=48810 (279 words)

	USATODAY.com - Real women have curves, and ads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		NEW YORK — Real women in their unretouched glory are rising stars in personal care and fashion ads, showing a different way to pitch beauty-related products.
		Their candid pitch for seeing real beauty in real women became a pop-culture phenomena and has landed extensive print coverage and more than 30 TV appearances — and tons of free publicity for Dove.
		The ads use real women in the outfits because, "The message is that fashion is reachable for everybody," Young says.
	www.usatoday.com /money/advertising/2005-08-28-reality-ads-usat_x.htm?csp=34 (666 words)

	BBC - Films - review - Real Women Have Curves
		Love handles, curves and all, she is - you guessed it - as gorgeous outside as she is inside.
		With its cheesily empowering title, "Real Women Have Curves" may sound like a fable for fat women who nonetheless have great personalities.
		The real curves of Ana lie inside her intelligent mind, not her outward appearance.
	www.bbc.co.uk /films/2003/01/09/real_women_have_curves_2003_review.shtml (414 words)

	Review - Real Women Have Curves - Large & Lovely
		Real Women Have Curves is the story of Ana (played by America Ferrera), a Latina teenager, during the summer of her 18th year.
		Real Women Have Curves is worth seeing for this scene alone.
		Real Women Have Curves is a movie not only for Latina women but, I think, for girls and women everywhere battling the views of others about how they should feel about their bodies.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art2069.asp (1085 words)

	Real Women Have Curves
		Real Women Have Curves wears its empowerment on its sleeve but even its worst harangues are easy to swallow thanks to remarkable performances by Ferrera and Ontiveros.
		I'm not a fan of the phrase 'life affirming' because it usually means 'schmaltzy,' but Real Women Have Curves truly is life affirming.
		Real Women may have many agendas, but it also will win you over, in a big way.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/real_women_have_curves (955 words)

	MovieMartyr.com - Real Women Have Curves
		Real Women Have Curves is a pro-fat farce that overcomes much of its excessive moral baggage thanks to two appealing lead performances.
		Real Women Have Curves is hardly groundbreaking, and it usually goes for easy audience approval, by saying obvious, popular things that only seem controversial in the first place because of the overbearing nature of Ontiveros’ character.
		I constantly wished the film was braver in its politics (for example, why not have Ana’s supportive teacher be of another race?), but the ones that were presented weren’t enough to sink this ship (after all, fat floats).
	www.moviemartyr.com /2002/realwomenhavecurves.htm (419 words)

	Real Women Have Curves \| ajc.com
		Ana, who is finishing high school when the film "Real Women Have Curves" begins, exists between states of being.
		As her life changes -- she is struggling to follow a college scholarship despite her family's insistence that she stay in the Los Angeles barrio home and work in her sister's dress-making shop -- her sexuality blossoms, her relationship with her mother sours and she makes her first significant steps toward adulthood.
		When Ana makes her daily bus trip to the Beverly Hill High school she attends among teenagers more affluent than her, the camera lingers on barrio street corners, children playing, business signs that are worlds removed from the trimmed hedges and gated homes of her destination.
	www.ajc.com /movies/content/shared/movies/reviews/R/realwomenhavecurves.html (520 words)

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