After watching the aforementioned movie (No sé si cortarme las venas) I decided to give this one I try. Not much of a fan of Mexican cinema (I'm Mexican) I hate all the urban or mojados stories. Somehow in Mexican movies there's always gotta be a gun.
Anyhow, I found this movie to be quite predictable, the ending is telegraphed way before the first act is done. Very nicely shot, the movie tells the not-quite-original story of a couple that, after being divided by the family, manages to casually bump into each other 35 years later, just like in telenovelas, a genre that Caro mocks esplendidly, but which also references extensively.
And just there lies, to me, the problem with this movie. It is too much like a telenovela. Much better shot, but acted and plotted just as badly.
Some lines are just as cringy as any soap opera, and delivered just as flat, especially by the young cast. The movie also suffers from slow pacing, especially the first two acts, by the third one, when all the protagonists are together, it kind picks up, but it is too late. By then we haven't been able to relate to the protagonists and their suffering, because we know they are going to solve their conflict.
They have no odds to beat, other than figuring out how to tell the truth to each other. The movie mentions Romeo and Juliet more than once, but unlike Shakespeare's play, we find no overwhelming force keeping these two 1980's lovers apart, other than simple mishaps or a couple of lies by the sister.
Kudos to the soundtrack editor, for the nice 80's Rock en tu Idioma music.
Not bad if you want to kill some time, but not a 10, like other reviews say.
Anyhow, I found this movie to be quite predictable, the ending is telegraphed way before the first act is done. Very nicely shot, the movie tells the not-quite-original story of a couple that, after being divided by the family, manages to casually bump into each other 35 years later, just like in telenovelas, a genre that Caro mocks esplendidly, but which also references extensively.
And just there lies, to me, the problem with this movie. It is too much like a telenovela. Much better shot, but acted and plotted just as badly.
Some lines are just as cringy as any soap opera, and delivered just as flat, especially by the young cast. The movie also suffers from slow pacing, especially the first two acts, by the third one, when all the protagonists are together, it kind picks up, but it is too late. By then we haven't been able to relate to the protagonists and their suffering, because we know they are going to solve their conflict.
They have no odds to beat, other than figuring out how to tell the truth to each other. The movie mentions Romeo and Juliet more than once, but unlike Shakespeare's play, we find no overwhelming force keeping these two 1980's lovers apart, other than simple mishaps or a couple of lies by the sister.
Kudos to the soundtrack editor, for the nice 80's Rock en tu Idioma music.
Not bad if you want to kill some time, but not a 10, like other reviews say.
