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El frasco (2008)
Argentinian romantic comedy
28 October 2008
Right from the start we know it's very cliché and totally corny, so if you're not up for it, don't watch it.

It's a comedy of errors about a shy bus driver and his relationship with the town school teacher. She asks him to do her a favor that winds up producing a lot of awkward situations

You have to accept the fact that you're not gonna watch the next 'When Harry Met Sally' and let yourself be amused by the film. The characters are endearing and there are some funny scenes. And since it's a feel-good movie, you are bound to leave the theatre feeling good...

Enjoy!
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Jules and Jim (1962)
You end up loving it!
15 February 2005
This is the first movie by Truffault I've ever seen, and I have to say I'm now very intrigued in his other work...

"Jules et Jim" is the story of two friends who meet a very beautiful and strange woman who turns up to be a bit unstable...

It starts with how they all meet each other and end up together... I thought the beginning was pretty fast as many things happened and you just wonder if the whole movie will be like that. Also I thought I didn't care much for any character, but of course it was too quick to judge. There is also a narrator (throughout the movie) and at first you ask yourself if its really necessary...

Still, when I decided to go grab a snack, I realized I was so hooked by the story that I couldn't. The characters behaved like no other I've seen and you find yourself wanting two different things: for it to end and for it never to end.

The movie has it's many twists for those who like, even a laugh here and there, but if you see it as a whole is a very deep description of the relationship between the three main characters.

The end is somehow beautiful, maybe because is "fair", maybe because is "real", maybe because is "surreal", you'll just have to watch and find out...

Is one of those movies when after watching it you understand both sides: those who say it's overrated and those who claim it's a masterpiece... to me it was a one in a lifetime film experience
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...more enjoyable than I thought and pretty god damn funny too...
5 February 2005
Warning: Spoilers
Yetserday I went to the movies to see this one and I have to admit it surprised me...

I was expecting a very simple, nice but kind of embarrassing plot, with the same old Argentinian jokes and this was much more than that...

Its about a newlywed couple that has some problems and the husband (really well played by Diego Peretti) gets into deep depression and struggles to move on. The very appearance of Cecilia Dopazo in the story announces that there'll be a love conflict, but in the end, everything turns out to be a happy ending (tough I'm still not saying which lady gets the stud)...

There are very funny jokes not only in the dialog, that keeps realistic the whole time, but also some situations where you don't know whether to feel sorry for him or for the people around him To say its more of a comedy that a romantic film is enough If you're expecting too much it may fulfill your expectations, if you are not expecting too much it will surprise you in the best way Simple script, realistic but funny situations and characters you'll definitely remember weeks after watching this... "No sos vos, soy yo" is another Argentinian success
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