Spare Parts 2015

     This film is based on a true story.  Fredi is hired as a substitute science teacher at a local high school.  He is between job and he knows this job is just temporary.  One of the students shows him a flyer for an underwater robotics competition.  Fredi tells him they can take on the project if he can recruit more students for the project.  Four students want to participate and they come up with a plan.  They make a scale model and then go in search of donations to be able to build.  They come up with just enough money with Fredi chipping in to make $800.  They need to scale down their purchases and compromise on price to match the money they have. 

     All the students are in this country as undocumented immigrants.  They have a constant worry that they could be deported back to Mexico at any time.  Their school doesn’t have any advantages and is always just scraping by.  This contest really helped the teacher and all of the boys gain more personally than just entering a contest.  It also helped the students and the faculty of the school with how they felt about themselves.  3 1/2* (I liked this movie)

83 min, Drama directed by Sean McNamara with George Lopez, Jamie Lee Curtis, Mariso Tomei, Carlos PenaVega, Jose Julian, David Del Rio, Oscar Javier Gutierrez II, Allessandra Rosaldo, J. R. Villarreal, Aubrey K. Miller, Kevin Wiggins, Alexa PenaVega.

Note:  Imdb 7.2 out of 10, 52% critic 83% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 2*.

Special Note:  This movie was filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico.