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Notes: After an impressive and prolific career going over 4 decades, Pedro Almodovar was finally tackling one of the darkest pages of Spain history. However, he seemed that he chickened out as he decided to squeeze it into one of his typical convoluted family drama. Of course, you could argue that both stories were dealing with genetic identity and heritage but, in my opinion, this link was just too thin. I mean, looking for some long deceased and seemingly lost relatives through DNA test and figuring out whoās the mother of a misplaced young baby also with some DNA test was hardly the same thing. Itās too bad because these two tales were actually interesting but mixing them turned out to be rather awkward. On top of that, he kept adding layers upon layers of dramatic turns and Iām glad Iām familiar with his work, otherwise, I can imagine how alienating his chaotic approach can be. As an example, it was probably not the greatest idea to have these two mothers starting a romantic relationship, especially since it was completely dropped 10 minutes later. Still, Almodovar always delivers such fascinating and complex women and he certainly didnāt disappoint in this area. Furthermore, the female cast was top-notch and Iām not surprised that Penelope Cruze was nominated for an Academy Award for her work. Anyway, I guess we would have to wait a little bit longer to have Almodovar making a movie really focusing on the Spanish civil war but, in the meantime, this movie will do. 
Notes: I canāt remember the last time I saw a movie which so didnāt deserve at all to start with the words ābased on true eventsā. Sure, millions of women in the US and in the rest of the world are victims of this awful business but it was basically the only true thing about this movie. Indeed, everything was completely made up and it obviously never happened that some journalist discovered a trafficking ring completely by accident, actually became an actual victim of this traffickers and managed to have the whole thing shut down, all this within only a couple of hours. Seriously, it would be like claiming that āSevenā is actually based on true events because serial killers do actually exist. Anyway, even if the ābased on true eventsā claim was completely bogus, it wasnāt even the biggest problem with this movie. Indeed, the damned thing was just so slow, it took forever to finally get the plot started and everything happening before was just seriously tedious. Furthermore, even if Paula Patton was charming as usual, in spite of all her efforts, I never cared about her character and her group of friends was even worse.
“To be honest, I wasnāt really sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Paula Patton and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, first of all, I canāt remember the last time I saw a movie which obviously didnāt deserve at all ” read more
“Since I kept hearing some pretty good things about this movie, I was quite eager to check it out. Indeed, after an impressive and prolific career going over 4 decades, Almodovar was finally tackling one of the darkest pages of Spain history. However, it seemed that he chickened out as he decided to ” read more
“To be honest, I didnāt have some really high expectations regarding this movie but, since there was a solid cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out anyway. Well, my wife apparently really enjoyed it and I have to admit that it was completely harmless and even fairly entertaining. How” read more
“I wasnāt really sure what to expect from this movie but, for some reasons, I was intrigued by it and I was quite eager to check it out. Well, to be honest, it turned out to be rather disappointing and the damned thing never really grabbed me after all. I mean, itās not that it wasnāt well made” read more
Movies the giraffe watched in 2022: March (28 movies items)
“I wasnāt really sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Matthias Schoenaerts, I was quite eager to check it out. I was actually wondering how Schoenaerts, a Belgian actor, did end up playing a character who could have been played by countless US actors. Eventually, Ā t” read more
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Notes: After an impressive and prolific career going over 4 decades, Pedro Almodovar was finally tackling one of the darkest pages of Spain history. However, he seemed that he chickened out as he decided to squeeze it into one of his typical convoluted family drama. Of course, you could argue that both stories were dealing with genetic identity and heritage but, in my opinion, this link was just too thin. I mean, looking for some long deceased and seemingly lost relatives through DNA test and figuring out whoās the mother of a misplaced young baby also with some DNA test was hardly the same thing. Itās too bad because these two tales were actually interesting but mixing them turned out to be rather awkward. On top of that, he kept adding layers upon layers of dramatic turns and Iām glad Iām familiar with his work, otherwise, I can imagine how alienating his chaotic approach can be. As an example, it was probably not the greatest idea to have these two mothers starting a romantic relationship, especially since it was completely dropped 10 minutes later. Still, Almodovar always delivers such fascinating and complex women and he certainly didnāt disappoint in this area. Furthermore, the female cast was top-notch and Iām not surprised that Penelope Cruze was nominated for an Academy Award for her work. Anyway, I guess we would have to wait a little bit longer to have Almodovar making a movie really focusing on the Spanish civil war but, in the meantime, this movie will do.
(Apr. 2022)
“To be honest, I wasnāt really sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Pierce Brosnan, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, even if it was nothing really amazing, I thought it was still a decent watch. The weird thing is that it was, in fact,Ā not one movie but” read more