Don't Tempt Me
Don't Tempt Me
| 30 November 2001 (USA)
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Two angels, one from the heaven and one from the hell, come to earth to save the soul of a boxer.

Reviews
Supelice Dreadfully Boring
Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
ma-cortes "Don't Tempt Me" is a very pleasant action comedy plenty of humor , surrealist dialogs , emotion , spectacular scenes and mayhem . Heaven and hell send their best agents to Earth , and they're wearing heels . Two angels are on Earth , one named Lola (Victoria Abril) from the heaven and one named Carmen (Penelope Cruz) from the hell, come to save a boxer named Many (Damian Bichir) who finds his soul to be the object of a metaphysical fight. This exciting film results to be a surrealist comedy/action/drama/thriller and displays an all Spanish star-cast. The singer played by Victoria Abril and the former mobster performed by Penelope Cruz star this dark story of redemption about heaven and hell ; both of whom have a violent confrontation to accomplish their objectives . Rightly enjoyable and fun-filled , milestone comedy which neatly combines humor , mirth , entertaining situations and amusement . The funny screenplay manages a lot of laughs from the audience and twisted elements that you never loose your attention from the film . The only flaw I can find is that some of the story lines are overwhelmingly absurd and some character arcs end up being implausible . Some situations are laugh out loud ridiculous and the story proceeds at a breakneck speed that never falls flat .Pay attention as one couple of younger actors very well played by Victoria Abril and Penelope Cruz alternate with the other pair of older players perfectly performed by Fanny Ardant and Emilio Gutierrez Caba . I liked everyone in the excellent cast, and the male and female actors , they were all very attractive . Flawless and fantastic story full of twists and turns with a duo of sensational protagonists , including an unforgettable Penelope Cruz , she parades and dances sexily at her best and more relaxed and enticing than ever . The hit of the show is undoubtedly for the fetching Penelope who gives one of the best screen acting . The support cast is top-notch as Elsa Pataky , Luis Tosar , Gael Garcia Bernal , Gemma Jones , Cristina Marcos , Elena Anaya , Bruno Bichir , Juan Echanove and many others . And cameos by Javier Bardem in the closing credits, as we learn that Penélope Cruz was changed back into a man in the afterlife , then we see the man's photo , it is Javier Bardem ; furthermore , the photo Victoria Abril puts into the album shows the mother of Manny , the woman in this photo is the actress Pilar Bardem . Atmospheric and appropriate musical score by the recently deceased Bernardo Bonezzi . Colorful and adequate cinematography by Paco Femenia . Agustin Diaz Yanes' return to top form , with an intelligent and engaging script which uses amusing situations to give us a good movie in fast pace , entertaining events , plot twists and that kept me entertained for the almost two hours of duration . Diaz Yanes is a fine craftsman , thanks to his reputation as screenwriter and the support of Victoria Abril he was able to set up his first film as director: "Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead " that became the greatest hit of Spanish cinema at its release in 1995 and the Festival San Sebastian , including best actress to Victoria Abril . Yanes subsequently directed the successful ¨Alatriste¨ and ¨Solo Quiero Caminar¨ that failed at Spanish box office .
Wenuitun I absolutely loved this film, it was really good, with very good humor and great acting. What I hated to see what some other viewer's comment saying how good it is to see Penelope in some other role than just your average sexy woman with no actual personality.. that's pure nonsense. Penelope has always been a good actress - outside Hollywood. Before making that stupid move, she has been in a great many films with extremely good roles. It took Hollywood to come in to make her "just an attractive woman" in all the movies. Take for example movies from Almodovar... there isn't a single one movie where she is just a pretty face. This movie is from before Hollywood - hence the actual acting.
tedg Spoilers herein.I give Spanish films (minus Bunuel) lots of extra points; I just like the way they generally handle fantasy and how they entangle it with notions of observer-created reality. So this modest effort gets raised to tolerable. But it does have three interesting actresses. I finally can say I've seen Ms Penelope do real acting. Here, she is a sexy Spanish actress playing a (presumably Italian-American) gangster in the body of an English angel from Hell posing as a lost cousin who takes a role as a manager of cashiers who then puts on a final disguise to rob the place. This last frames the picture and is the root of the identity chain. Cruz reflects some presence at every level. And Abril and Ardant, though not heaviweights, are particularly interesting in how they sculpt poise.Ted's Evaluation -- 2 of 3: Has some interesting elements.
daveart Basically creates its own mythology as to the afterlife and how the angels and devils communicate and coexist. Gael, Fanny, Demian, Victoria, Penelope, and Gemma Jones were all great. As others have commented, the use of languages (at least 4) was creative. I also enjoyed the heaven and hell sets. (SPOILERS)I kept thinking, they are making the Penelope Cruz character a lesbian -- interesting --- and then it turns out she is a straight man, and Javier Bardem to boot! She did a great job in this movie.I would have liked to see at least some of the "legal" arguments before the judge as to Manny's fate, but that is my own negative comment, and not much of one.
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