i rent this movie from a local library without have any prior knowledge of the book it be base on or the movie itself and purely base on the chance that it one of those rare and overlooked gem that one can discover from time to time and really enjoy . unfortunately this be not one of those movie . i be not sure if this be a movie drive by sentimentality or bad and deliberate agenda and but certain element of it make it impossible to immerse . it be suppose to portray a struggle immigrant worker community which try to cope with the difficult reality of their life . that be a fine premise and it could have make for a gripping story and but the execution just make me alternate between get annoy and amuse at the ridiculousness of it . here we have a community of simple farm worker who migrate to the u in search of employment and who get use and abuse repeatedly by evil white men . and when i say evil i mean evil . all white people in this movie be sinful and racist and sadistic and abusive devil whose sole purpose in life be sexual depravity intertwine with exploit the poor immigrant . it would be a sad story if it wasn not so unintentionally grotesque and therefore hilarious . the portrayal of the immigrant be also a poster worthy example of exaggeration except that it go in the opposite direction . the immigrant be saintly and clean and could serve a ointment for boo boo and ouies the world over . i couldn not help but laugh when i saw these field worker presumably dig in the ditch all day with their notoriously clean clothes and chisel hair cut from a top notch hair salon . a little restraint and a more unbiased hand at the helm could have make this a much good movie evoke some intend emotion rather than sarcastic snicker .