'"A professional poker player seeks out an old flame after his marriage fizzles"-IMDb
Special thanks to IMDb,because without that quote there would be no way of competently explaining what this movie is about.To be honest, that quote isn't even really accurate,but it's a nice frame.See La Suerte en Tus Manos,is an erratic movie where nothing really happens.Uriel,the male protagonist,has already been divorced for quite sometime when the film begins.He's a promiscuous gambler and pathological liar, who likes to babble about things to his doctor/therapist.The babbling helps the audience realize that he's terribly insecure,but serves no other function in the film.Gloria,the female protagonist,has just recently lost her father.The opening scene for both these characters set the scene for what is to come.Uriel partially breaks the fourth wall speaking directly to the camera and demonstrating the convenience of motel rooms.He explains how he loves the swan towels and rose petals on the bed.He loves the privacy of a room with no windows.He then wakes up in a messy bedroom next to his two children.Gloria enters the film as figure dressed in back standing over the newly dug grave of her father,along side her boyfriend.She's sad but not hysterical.She asks her boyfriend,a anal French man,if he can accompany her to an upcoming trip to Mendoza.He tries to give her excuses in French ,she gets upset and he acquiesces.A little while later,we find out because of his promiscuity and feelings inadequacy as a father he wants to get a vasectomy.His doctor warns against it and tells him he just might find the right woman.It is after he gets the vasectomy in Rosado,where he attends a poker competition that he meets Gloria fresh from the aftermath of her breakup with her boyfriend.In this scene the audience realizes that Gloria and Uriel were old flames and Uriel was heartbroken when she left him.She tells him she'd gotten sick of spending all their time in motel rooms and of his lying.They spend the night reminiscing and Gloria asks him up to his room,but nothing happens.Due to his vasectomy he's unable to have sex with Gloria;Uriel tells her that he has somewhere to go.She feels rejected and leaves.They meet again and instantly become boyfriend and girlfriend while they both try to correct the mistakes of their past.
What's wrong with the movie?The charactesr aren't likable ,they have no on screen chemistry and there isn't any coherence in the plot.Uriel is a pathological liar, who lies to Gloria the first time he meets her.He tells her he is a producer that works with her favorite band as a manager.Throughout the film we see how he can't stop lying.and gets away with it till the very end.Gloria is hard headed and brash.The subplot of her grief of her father's death is lost among the babble of sub themes that movie presents.Uriel(Jorge Drexler)and Gloria(Bertucilli) seems to wince in pain every time they have to touch each other,it looks too fabricated.Lastly,the worst part is that everything looks like a jumble of sub themes that never comes together.Love is the major theme and Judaism.The second one threw me off completely.They're are a lot of seemingly insignificant references to Judaism and they stay insignificant.After the sub themes there is momy isusses,daddy issues,lieing,parenthood,motherhood and depression and the list keeps going. All in all,watching this movie feels like trying to put together a 3,000 piece puzzle of the sky where none of the pieces seem to fit.
Special thanks to IMDb,because without that quote there would be no way of competently explaining what this movie is about.To be honest, that quote isn't even really accurate,but it's a nice frame.See La Suerte en Tus Manos,is an erratic movie where nothing really happens.Uriel,the male protagonist,has already been divorced for quite sometime when the film begins.He's a promiscuous gambler and pathological liar, who likes to babble about things to his doctor/therapist.The babbling helps the audience realize that he's terribly insecure,but serves no other function in the film.Gloria,the female protagonist,has just recently lost her father.The opening scene for both these characters set the scene for what is to come.Uriel partially breaks the fourth wall speaking directly to the camera and demonstrating the convenience of motel rooms.He explains how he loves the swan towels and rose petals on the bed.He loves the privacy of a room with no windows.He then wakes up in a messy bedroom next to his two children.Gloria enters the film as figure dressed in back standing over the newly dug grave of her father,along side her boyfriend.She's sad but not hysterical.She asks her boyfriend,a anal French man,if he can accompany her to an upcoming trip to Mendoza.He tries to give her excuses in French ,she gets upset and he acquiesces.A little while later,we find out because of his promiscuity and feelings inadequacy as a father he wants to get a vasectomy.His doctor warns against it and tells him he just might find the right woman.It is after he gets the vasectomy in Rosado,where he attends a poker competition that he meets Gloria fresh from the aftermath of her breakup with her boyfriend.In this scene the audience realizes that Gloria and Uriel were old flames and Uriel was heartbroken when she left him.She tells him she'd gotten sick of spending all their time in motel rooms and of his lying.They spend the night reminiscing and Gloria asks him up to his room,but nothing happens.Due to his vasectomy he's unable to have sex with Gloria;Uriel tells her that he has somewhere to go.She feels rejected and leaves.They meet again and instantly become boyfriend and girlfriend while they both try to correct the mistakes of their past.
What's wrong with the movie?The charactesr aren't likable ,they have no on screen chemistry and there isn't any coherence in the plot.Uriel is a pathological liar, who lies to Gloria the first time he meets her.He tells her he is a producer that works with her favorite band as a manager.Throughout the film we see how he can't stop lying.and gets away with it till the very end.Gloria is hard headed and brash.The subplot of her grief of her father's death is lost among the babble of sub themes that movie presents.Uriel(Jorge Drexler)and Gloria(Bertucilli) seems to wince in pain every time they have to touch each other,it looks too fabricated.Lastly,the worst part is that everything looks like a jumble of sub themes that never comes together.Love is the major theme and Judaism.The second one threw me off completely.They're are a lot of seemingly insignificant references to Judaism and they stay insignificant.After the sub themes there is momy isusses,daddy issues,lieing,parenthood,motherhood and depression and the list keeps going. All in all,watching this movie feels like trying to put together a 3,000 piece puzzle of the sky where none of the pieces seem to fit.
"The story follows a married couple, apart for a night while the husband takes a business trip with a colleague to whom he's attracted. While he's resisting temptation, his wife encounters her past love."
Like the quote states ,the movie is about a couple of newlyweds.The first scene introduces us to the couple Joanna(Kiera Knightley) and Michael( Sam Worthington) as they are about to leave their cozy loft in New York City to go to a party.They arrive at a house party hosted by one of Michael's colleagues.They go about their paces mingling and networking separately .In one instance Joanna sees Michael speaking to a woman,Laura ( Eva Mendez).Joanna finds,out that they are colleagues and have been working together for quite some time.Joanna suspects a mutual attraction and when the arrive from the party Joanna confronts Michael.Cornered,he admits his attraction to her but denies having done anything with her.Joanna is upset and and after forgiving him discusses her doubts and insecurities about their marriage fearing that they possible got married to young.Michael comforts her telling their reltaionship is better than ever.The next day Michael leaves for a buisness trip with Laura and Joanna runs into a past flame,"the one that got away"Alex(Guillaume Canet).Alex and Joanna run into each other.They haven't seen each other in two years.He tells her he's only in New York for one night and they agree to meet for drinks.The audience gets to look in to the nights of these newlyweds as the face temptation and let's us study the nature of infidelity.
What's great about the movie?The movie is beautifully made.Every scene makes a great picture.The actors perform spectacularly;they wear the guilt ridden faces of their characters well getting even the micro gestures down pat and the onscreen chemistry works to the plots advantage.It gives the audience insight into what is lacking between the spouses and what connects with their respective potential "temptors".The film is paced slowly as to aid the audience letting every piece of information given sink in and create a certain amount of suspense.And the whole thing is accompanied by an amazing soundtrack.But the thing that I love the most about this film is that it gives you something to think about.What is worse?What is more of a betrayal, an emotional infidelituy or a physical one?It's a movie that kind of plucks at the heartstrings of the viewer without being melodramatic or clichéd.In this movie, all of the pieces of this puzzle fit leaving you to admire the image it leaves behind and reflect on it.
Like the quote states ,the movie is about a couple of newlyweds.The first scene introduces us to the couple Joanna(Kiera Knightley) and Michael( Sam Worthington) as they are about to leave their cozy loft in New York City to go to a party.They arrive at a house party hosted by one of Michael's colleagues.They go about their paces mingling and networking separately .In one instance Joanna sees Michael speaking to a woman,Laura ( Eva Mendez).Joanna finds,out that they are colleagues and have been working together for quite some time.Joanna suspects a mutual attraction and when the arrive from the party Joanna confronts Michael.Cornered,he admits his attraction to her but denies having done anything with her.Joanna is upset and and after forgiving him discusses her doubts and insecurities about their marriage fearing that they possible got married to young.Michael comforts her telling their reltaionship is better than ever.The next day Michael leaves for a buisness trip with Laura and Joanna runs into a past flame,"the one that got away"Alex(Guillaume Canet).Alex and Joanna run into each other.They haven't seen each other in two years.He tells her he's only in New York for one night and they agree to meet for drinks.The audience gets to look in to the nights of these newlyweds as the face temptation and let's us study the nature of infidelity.
What's great about the movie?The movie is beautifully made.Every scene makes a great picture.The actors perform spectacularly;they wear the guilt ridden faces of their characters well getting even the micro gestures down pat and the onscreen chemistry works to the plots advantage.It gives the audience insight into what is lacking between the spouses and what connects with their respective potential "temptors".The film is paced slowly as to aid the audience letting every piece of information given sink in and create a certain amount of suspense.And the whole thing is accompanied by an amazing soundtrack.But the thing that I love the most about this film is that it gives you something to think about.What is worse?What is more of a betrayal, an emotional infidelituy or a physical one?It's a movie that kind of plucks at the heartstrings of the viewer without being melodramatic or clichéd.In this movie, all of the pieces of this puzzle fit leaving you to admire the image it leaves behind and reflect on it.
RSS Feed