The Cheat (1996) User Reviews

"EL Verso" is a poignant short story of everyday, unimportant and forgotten poor people, who also are rich in life's dramas and emotions and carry through with their defects and virtues to realize

[moriarti-2 · 12 August 1999]

"EL Verso" is a poignant short story of everyday, unimportant and forgotten poor people, who also are rich in life's dramas and emotions and carry on with their defects and virtues on their backs to realize their miniature dreams. Contrary to the person that commented above, I feel that the characters are well developed, the dramas may seem unimportant to the Hollywood influenced mentalities, but they are solid. The acting is superb, especially Brandoni, Arana, Zabala. The setting is simple and unpretentious, perhaps a bit too "arrabal amargo".

"El verso" is not a masterpiece but any means, but it is a solid small production play-like beautifully acted film.

Don´t watch it, you will regret it!

[PatricioG · 4/10 · 16 February 1999]

I saw "El verso" in a cinema and I regret it up to this day. I saw the trailer, and I thought, what a funny movie?. But it wasn´t; the three or four jokes in the film appeared in the trailer so I didn´t laugh during it. Then I realized that it was a kind of drama.

"El verso" isn´t a great super-production. The scenery used in this title is very decadent. The story is very simple and unoriginal. Abel Ferrara´s "Blackout" and this, were the two worst films I´ve ever seen in the cinema. I don´t know how I didn´t fall asleep in it. The only thing that can rescue this movie are the magnificent actors that participate in it. I give this title a 3.5 out of 10.