Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

lastliberal Cecilia Roth (Almodovar's All About My Mother, Dark Habits) is an older woman whose husband mysteriously disappears in an airport when they are travelling to Rio. She finds he has 20 million pesos in his safe deposit box to pay ransom.With Felix (Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa) at her side, she manages to try and find out what happened to her husband. She also enlists the aid of young Adrian (Kuno Becker) in the adventure. The three of them are certainly worth watching.Felix is an old leftist who is handy with a gun, and Adrian is looking for some fun with a woman almost twice his age. She definitely doesn't look bad for that age either! It would be helpful to be more versed in Mexican politics to enjoy this.

rvalera I just finished watching the movie, I saw it at the blockbuster store and didn't want to rent it because I thought it was really bad, however, I just rented it anyways.... I am not going to tell you what this movie is about, but what I think about the movie (I have never studied cinema or anything, so, please tae this just as a comment from an excentric person)This movie has the lost mexican touch from the seventies, with the political yell from this decade (2000-2009). Funny indeed, but also dramatical andsuperficial, with the magical mexican touch of surrealism (which Jodorowskyexcelled in his films, shooted in Mexico, like El Topo and Holy Mountain)The political yell I am referring here is the one that has come out in cinema in mexico this decade, in movies that include: La ley de Herodes (Herodes' Law)among others. It is NOT a Hollywood movie, so please do not expect a huge budget moviewith huge SFX, instead a more tight budget movie, with a nice story to tellThis movie is once again the reflection of the mexican society:First of all: The magic and beauty of the unbeauty that comes from surrealism, which is the same as Mexico and it's people, how they live and think, which is a surreal way of thinking, and as most of us think surrealistic, the mexican culture and society tend to be more surreal (giving you a fantastic photography of the horrible but beautiful)Secondly: The political yell; this is because of the oppression and corruption mexican people had to suffer all these years, where they just work oppressively receiving nothing but LESS buying power and MORE frustration (this is related once again to surrealism), where only a few are priviliged (this is a lot more notable when you go south of America) Political screams is an escape valve to that oppression, and this movie is one of that kindIf you have had the chance to see mexican cinema, this is a nice example (not the best, though) to watch it. I may just dare to say this movie is a lot like the french cinema, only with less introspectiveness (as the french cinema tends to be [not all of it of course, but it's a cultural thing, which gives a flavor to each cinema of the world])Well... all in all this movie is a Superb, with brilliant direction and photography, however, not very appreciated by some critics..... ...by the way, I almost forgot to tell you, I loved the way the movie begins

madfanz-2 Lucia, played by veteran actress and foreign film diva Cecilia Roth, is your typical rite-of-passage character. Through the events surrounding the disappearance of her husband, Lucia discovers a new side of herself she hasn't felt due to the freedom of being unmarried and unrestricted. Is it her womaness, her sexuality, her independence she finds? Bingo! You guessed right. The movie wouldn't be so bad if it actually showed her character development from a more personal-inner perspective ... but the journey is clouded through the integration of two men in her life and a weak plot that just seems to drag on and on and on ... at least that's how you feel when the so called "mystery" is solved. It's like you sat through the whole movie for no reason at all ... Roth's acting is good ... although bit overkill on the crying scenes ... the actor who plays Felix is a bit distracting ... facial expressions and lines are given unnaturally, and the other man, her young-love toy, is nothing more than slight eye-candy to hormonal admirers.In short, the plot is fairly original, but not well executed, circular camera shots confuse the audience, the comedy is a bit dry and weak, the drama is a bit heavy, and the acting is moderate. This movie gets four stars (****) ... had Cecilia Roth not been in it, it would have received (**) ... she is the only redeeming value of this flick.-Daine-

pifas Is this a comedy fueled with drama or viceversa? La hija del caníbal is the second effort for Antonio Serrano, the man behind the "successful" movie Sexo, pudor y lágrimas -but only because the money earned with it says so-, and sadly to say, it's not a good one. Based on a novel by writer/journalist Rosa Montero, La hija... tells the story of a middle age woman whom, all of a sudden, has lost track of her husband. Vaguely, the plot is about the crisis that affects women when they turn in their forties; and I mean real vaguely just because this film never goes deeper than the surface of the matter. Once again Serrano has put on film his own vision of what something or someone SHOULD look like, not searching what's really going on inside the character or situation. At least in most of the movie the director left behind it´s yuppie like panomaric and pretentious tricks and talk he used for his debut, but also, he got himself trapped in a maze in which he couldn't find a wiser way to get out of it; even though he had already a plot.It´s not so lame, but isn't that good either. I think the main problem with it is the sense of flatness all over the story. There's no passion -in actors or director-, and when you expect for the plot to go in crescendo, it maintains the same level leading you into risky stages of nearly boredom, saved only because some support roles comes to scene and gives some air to it. The film delays on it's take off and once it does (but in a poorly manner), the audience spends a hard time trying to get really involved mainly because of the events and how they are treated, and lead by the circumstances that surrounds the narrative, anyone should expect for a true climax. And that it's something that never happens.Magic surrealism it's not a word for being used in here but neither is a crude reality, the execution in a whole it´s almost childish, and the only one worth to look at is spaniard actor Álvarez-Novoa, but he's performing almost the same role he has done before in Solas -by the way, a superb film-; anything else is just like a half done puzzle, where you can guess the figure but never admire it complete. This is not a good effort, but at least Serrano is shaking off him a perspective of a pretentious México full of contrasts in the cool or intellectual guy, but, ironically, that's exactly what intrigues me; to what kind of audience is this film intended? I don't think people who loved Sexo, pudor y lágrimas is gonna run to see it because this one it´s more down to earth, and the thriller freaks won´t find it amusing because of it's lack of real suspense. Maybe it's only for soap opera watchers. Let´s just wait for what's coming next from Serrano.