Jose works hard through out the whole story to make people see what his intentions really are, to have a life full of success. The traditions followed in the movie, like big wedding parties with Maricahis, also provide a background of the Hispanic heritage. The movie also might have had possible problems. Through out the whole movie, there is a lot of profanity used by the actors. There is also a scene that shows Chucho fighting with his father and yielling at him showing him disrespect, that could be seen as a bad example for children to watch the movie.
Violence is shown a lot when the characters fight and mistreat each other.
Sexuality is aslo shown in two scenes and this may be a possible problem for parents to let their children watch the movie. Academy Award for Best Makeup in 1995. In the movie Mi Familia, we see men migrating from Mexico into the United States. Many of these people come to the United States walking from their towns all the way until they reached the United States. They charge this amount because they become responsible for the immigrant.