DVD review...

"Vega, meanwhile, is just much more effective in her native tongue, as in Julio Medem's erotically charged Sex and Lucia, or in a role like Spanglish, where she's playing a character whose unfamiliarity with English as her primary language is part of the point. Here, and damningly, she seems to recite some of her lines phonetically, and in general just comes across as a poor man's Penelope Cruz, during the portion of Cruz's career in which she was just starting to dabble in English roles. She's especially in over her head since so much of Michael's dialogue — from her initial pick-up conversation with Julian to a couple spitfire exchanges — are majorly dependent upon emotionally evocative or descriptive language."

I agree with the review.Unless,Paz Vega learns how to speak English fluently and completely removes her thick accent when doing Hollywood films,she will always be considered a poor man's Penelope Cruz- which I completely don't agree since her more talented than Cruz. It just undermines her acting ability and her future to be a star.