"Funniest movie set in New York since Woody Allen" - New York Daily News,
"Poignant, Melodramatic, Charming" - Time Out,
“…engaging combination of humorous star vehicle, social-realist commentary and lighthearted farce.” -- New York Times
Big Apple, beware!
Balbuena, a charming, eccentric, and good-natured Dominican immigrant, arrives illegally in New York with high hopes of the American dream. As he hilariously wreaks inadvertent havoc on New York, dealing with the clash of cultures and the typical illegal alien obstacles, Balbuena soon realizes America is not the perfect place he had imagined. But it's not so bad, either.