276 – Spanglish

This Had Oscar Buzz

Joe and Chris

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2024

⏱️ 149 minutes

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Summary

This week, we are talking about one of the biggest THOB titles that we haven’t yet discussed: 2004’s Spanglish. James L. Brooks returned nearly a decade after his Oscar success with As Good As It Gets with this story of two disparate families thrust together: an immigrant single mother and the rich Los Angeles family she works for. With Adam Sandler headlining one year after earning his first bout of buzz for Punch-Drunk Love, this looked to be a chance for the Academy to honor him as a serious performer within the Academy-beloved Brooksian seriocomic glow. But the movie… has some issues!

This episode, we talk about Cloris Leachman’s stellar boozy performance and Téa Leoni’s work tried to wrangle an impossible character. We also discuss Paz Vega as the film’s attempted breakthrough performance to American audiences, Brooks’ Oscar history, and the many mystery middle names in Hollywood.

Topics also include Mitski fans, the film’s cringe-inducing sex scene, and the history of the Tristar logo.

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0:00.0	The right house.
0:03.0	I didn't get nominated.
0:15.0	Mill and Heck and friends. I'm from Canada water.
0:25.0	I'm from Canada water. Dick Poopop. May I say just one thing? Yeah, my yes mother one thing go ahead. Thank you Deborah you
0:46.5	you're going to lose your husband and you will never find someone as good that's it.
0:51.6	Oh drive carefully. Were you done it again mother?
0:55.1	Made me heat myself? Lately your low self-esteem is just good common sense.
1:01.5	From James L Brooks, the Academy Award-winning Director of Terms of Endearment.
1:07.0	Broadcast news and as good as it gets.
1:11.0	Good morning.
1:12.0	Hello and welcome to the This Head Oscar Buzz podcast, the only podcast that is also surprised
1:16.2	Tracy Letts's character was real.
1:18.3	Every week on This Head Oscar Buzz, we'll be talking about a different movie that
1:20.9	once upon a time had lofty Academy Award aspirations, but for some
1:24.3	reason or another it all went wrong. The Oscar hopes died and we are here to perform the autopsy.
1:29.1	I'm your host Joe Reed. I'm here as always with my perfect 3 and a quarter star review, Chris Fyle, hello Chris.
1:37.0	Just imagining, what was it, Vince McMahon?
1:40.0	Is it, whatever, the Star Search guys?
1:42.0	Three and a quarter stars
1:43.4	ad mick man very big difference between ad mick man and vince mickman right now you don't want to confuse
1:47.2	the young singer Brittany spears the judges say three and three quarter stars yeah yeah the three and
1:56.8	the three and a quarter stars little aside in this movie one of the few things that I feel like
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