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Immigration Tango

Play trailer Poster for Immigration Tango R Released Feb 18, 2011 1h 30m Romance Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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After running out of legal options, a Russian immigrant (Elika Portnoy) and her Colombian boyfriend (Carlos Leon) switch partners with an American couple so that they can get green cards.
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Bill Goodykoontz Arizona Republic Rated: 1/5 Aug 12, 2011 Full Review Loren King Boston Globe Neither the comedy nor the romance is strong enough in "Immigration Tango'' to offer any improvement on Peter Weir's similar, and better, 1990 film "Green Card.'' Rated: 2/4 Apr 28, 2011 Full Review Chuck Bowen Slant Magazine Immigration Tango is the kind of surreally terrible comedy you'd come across on HBO at three in the morning...in the 1980s. Rated: 0/4 Feb 23, 2011 Full Review Brian Orndorf BrianOrndorf.com A lazy film that inadvertently romanticizes the efforts of immigration enforcement. By the end, you'll be cheering for deportation. Rated: D- Jun 27, 2011 Full Review David Noh Film Journal International When romantic comedy fails, it is often accompanied by a flatulent fizzle, but this one is already D.O.A. Feb 17, 2011 Full Review Rene Rodriguez Miami Herald The movie never comes close to making you believe such an arrangement between these people could ever exist. Rated: 1/4 Feb 16, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Low budget can be very funny. I was laughing the whole movie. This film catches the essence of immigrants struggle and transforms their insecurities into comical moments. Predictive at times but still very funny. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member interesting lil rom-com Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Very cute movie, nothing profound Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Just watched it because I was in the mood for something awful. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Although not a tearjerker or a five-hanky flick, Immigration Tango made me feel quite sad as I watched it knowing that the four lead actors (McCaleb Burnett, Ashley Wolfe, Elika Portnoy and Carlos Leon) probably signed on to this movie with a LOT of hope and some high-flying dreams that this would be "the one" that got each of them discovered/recognized and it would become their "stepping stone" that led to bigger and better roles and movies . There is little doubt that whatever follows Immigration Tango will be much better ... but that is only because this one is sooo subpar. It is poorly written and filled with everyday cliches; badly over-emphasized accents; and demeaning stereotypes (I was rather surprised by some of them still being around in 2011!). As the film begins, we are introduced to the two couples who live in Miami and are best friends. A dating couple from the U.S. -- Mike and Betty -- struggle with student loans and his doctoral thesis (she is also still in law school). Their best friends, Elena and Carlos, are not native born -- she is eastern European and he is from Colombia (random supporting characters waste no timer in asking him for cocaine -- although that is so 1980's!) -- and they soon face the threat of deporation by ICE. It all spirals out-of-control when SHE is sexually harrassed at a job interview and the sleazoid she'd denied turned her in (as if ... especially since the entire confrontation was on speakerphone and the entire office heard his deplorable behavior). As a means of "helping" their best friends in this time of need, the couples "swap out" and Mike marries Elena while Betty weds Carlos. Immigration Tango introduces various family members who don't know what to make of the new developments and aslo many Immigration Enforcement Officers who are simply doing their jobs investigating the new green card couples. And speaking of which, it is basically THAT movie 20-plus years later ... although Green Card is FAR SUPERIOR to this one and there is no worrying about Monticello here. None of this feels spontaneous or original and it comes across feeling like a slightly-demeaning sitcom. All of the characters had a specific role to fill at the onset of the film -- and they never deviate as NONE of characters could be original. If you don't see this movie, you aren't missing much. There's little here ... and the four stars are still looking for their stepping stone. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Kind of stupid comedy against the gorgeous backdrop of Miami. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis After running out of legal options, a Russian immigrant (Elika Portnoy) and her Colombian boyfriend (Carlos Leon) switch partners with an American couple so that they can get green cards.
Director
David Burton Morris
Screenwriter
Martin L. Kelley, Robert J. Lee, David Burton Morris, Todd Norwood
Distributor
Roadside Attractions
Production Co
Mutressa Movies
Rating
R (Language|Some Sexual Content)
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 18, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 28, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA)
$23.8K
Runtime
1h 30m
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