--- title: 'Raising Victor Vargas (2002)' type: 'film' director: 'Peter Sollett' released: '2002-05-16' runtime_minutes: 88 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Comedy' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/raising-victor-vargas-2002' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0316188/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Raising Victor Vargas (2002) 2002 · 88 min · Drama, Comedy · United States ## Synopsis Raising Victor Vargas is a 2002 American comedy-drama film directed by Peter Sollett, and written by Sollett and Eva Vives. The film follows Victor, a Lower East Side teenager, as he deals with his eccentric family, including his strict grandmother, his bratty sister, and a younger brother who completely idolizes him. Along the way he tries to win the affections of Judy, who is very careful and calculating when it comes to how she deals with men. In a subplot, Judy's friend Melonie is depicted in her own romantic adventure. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. ## Credits - **Director:** [Peter Sollett](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-sollett) - **Producer:** [Peter Sollett](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-sollett) - **Original Music Composer:** [Brad Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/brad-jones) - **Director of Photography:** [Tim Orr](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-orr) - **Editor:** [Myron Kerstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/myron-kerstein) ## Cast - [Victor Rasuk](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-rasuk) - [Silvestre Rasuk](https://cinepixo.com/people/silvestre-rasuk) - [Judy Marte](https://cinepixo.com/people/judy-marte) - [Melonie Diaz](https://cinepixo.com/people/melonie-diaz) - [Kevin Rivera](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-rivera) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.lhp.com.sg/victor Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/raising-victor-vargas-2002 Film facts: Wikidata (Q2300440); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.