Directed by: Alfonso Cuaron Written by: Alfonso Cuaron & Carlos Cuaron Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki Editor: Alfonso Cuaron & Luis Patlan
Cast: Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Claudia Ramirez, Luis De Icaza, Astrid Hadad, Isabel Benet, Toshiro Hisaki, Dobrina Liubomirova, Ricardo Dalmacci
A womanizer is falsely diagnosed with AIDS by a jealous lover and falls in love with a woman equally suicidal as he.
The film already feels outdated. The humor seems a bit lost in translation with the town being so dark. A misdiagnosed aids story played for laughs. As a kind of slapstick sexual comedy.There seems to be so much in the slapstick situational first half of the movie. That it never feels quite enjoyable or cohesive.
There is plenty of sex yet the films never quite achieved becoming erotic. Instead, it feels crueler.
The last third of the film feels ridiculous as only one scene throughout the film truly feels actually funny.
Most of the film feels so far-fetched and then over-the-top romantic that it takes a lot to believe most of it.
The thing the movie does have going for it. It is artistically directed by director Alfonso Cuaron making his feature film directorial debut for what ends up such a slightly heavily comedic premise. Which ends up coming off as soft and weak though. Ever seems to penetrate its own artifice.
The best friends are set up to be so over the top nerdy that they lend themselves to stereotypes.
The shocking part is that considering the subject matter you would expect more shocks but the film Is surprisingly bland.
Maybe looking back at the film through modern eyes. Makes what might have been cutting edge seem like an artifact that was of the time more of a fad and modern that fell out of fashion quickly. As it might have been looked at as In Bad taste.
It also seems like a film whose story was made to shock to get attention, for the rookie director to get noticed but ended up pretty lightweight
Grade: C
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