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MPAA Rating: R Movie Release: 2001 DVD Release: 06/25/2002 Format: DVD Subtitles: Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 33 mins Studio: First Look Pictures Total Copies: 2 Genres: Comedy Drama, Romantic Comedy

A man thinks he's found the woman of his dreams until he discovers someone else already had the same idea in this romantic comedy-drama with a primarily Hispanic cast. Mike (Jaime P. Gomez) is employed at a psychiatric hospital in California, where he meets Gabriela (Seidy Lopez), a young woman who is also working there while she completes her degree. Mike finds Gabriela to be sweet, charming, intelligent, and very beautiful, but there's a problem -- Gabriela has a fiancé, Pat (Zach Galligan). While Pat and Gabriela's relationship is hardly perfect -- she's very busy with work and school, and he's very devoted to his career -- Gabriela takes it very seriously, and Mike tries to resign himself to the fact that he and Gabriela are never going to be anything more than friends. But as they spend more time together, sparks begin to fly between Mike and Gabriela, forcing her to choose one man over the other. Completed in 2000, Gabriela found a distributor in 2001, when it was picked up by the independent distribution firm Power Point Films. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Jaime Gomez - Mike
Seidy Lopez - Garbiela
Zach Galligan - Pat
Troy Winbush - Douglas
Lupe Ontiveros - Grandma Josie

Vincent Jay Miller's romantic Gabriela comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. Spanish subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include an isolated music track, interviews with the cast, and trailers. This is a slim release from First Look that could have more on it, but is probably the best that could be expected for a film as little seen as this one. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide