Mi Vida Loca

Name: Mi Vida Loca
Duration: 1 h 32 min

1hr 32m

1hr 32m
3.6/5 (1.3K)
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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Allison Anders

Producer:

Daniel Hassid, Carl-Jan Colpaert

Runtime:

1hr 32m

Cast

Angel Aviles
Seidy Lopez
Jacob Vargas
Marlo Marron
Nelida Lopez
Jesse Borrego
Magali Alvarado
Julian Reyes
Bertila Damas
Arthur Esquer

Letterboxd User Reviews

3.6

RATINGS 149 FANS

3.6

Apr 26, 2018

You could make a (legitimate!) point that Allison Anders, much like Jennie Livingston with Paris is Burning, probably shouldn't have been the person to make a movie about the Echo Park Locas, but she does so with so much obvious respect for the culture and dedication to…

173 Likes

Liz

Jan 11, 2023

la blue eyes delusional af just like me

130 Likes

nance

Jul 13, 2019

Mi Vida Loca is one of the purer expressions of what it is to be Mexican-American. Not everyone came up in East LA, and not everyone is a gangbanger, a statement that feels obvious but I guess needs to be made. The story of communities in America is generational, and this…

123 Likes

Herb Gallow
Mar 21, 2023

no vato is worth breaking up a friendship

84 Likes

aevaaa_cdr

Apr 29, 2015

a women led gang film directed by a woman is so relevant to my interests and this didn't disappoint. i'm shocked this has got such a low view count on here, it's engaging and has a killer soundtrack, and at 1 hour 30 its not a slog like most of these films can be. its just…

57 Likes

robyn

Girlz N The Hood

49 Likes

stargrovestamos
Mar 15, 2025

Seeing a 35mm copy of this (Allison's personal copy, which she bought on eBay!!!) then discussing the film with Allison Anders in front of a sold out house at MoMA (with Tricia Cooke!!! in the audience) during The Future of Film is Female's amazing Girls To The Front series…

47 Likes

Marya E. Gates

Aug 11, 2026

I thought I had seen this before. To me it felt like we were dropped in the middle of a group of people's lives and then we just bounce out? I feel like this hit harder back in the day.

18 Likes

Corey Hotsenpiller

Feb 1, 2024

Not five stars as in “perfect.” Five stars as in rare in its scrappy beauty, the low-rent setting bursting with colors and personality; as in capital-R Romantic in its kinetic sense of place informed by swoony old-school melodrama; as in alive with the energies of…

39 Likes

BeBraveMorvern

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lalo loved

Mi Vida Loca

i went blind reaction n this was hell good 10/10 for anyone who wanted to know where to watch it it’s on youtube

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Mota loved

Mi Vida Loca

Grew up watching this. Best gang movie you’ll ever watch! 1000/10

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riotgrrl loved

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the best movie ever. everyone has to watch it once in there life

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Alexis loved

Mi Vida Loca

Very underrated and you can watch it free on youtube.

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Mi Vida Loca

Chola classic

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Dee liked

Mi Vida Loca

it was good

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Isai liked

Mi Vida Loca

Pretty good

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J loved

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so good

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💓💓💓

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