Tue, 30 Jan 2007
Well, of course Angie was exactly right in her prediction. But no one guessed what would've made me lower the score, then (maybe) raise it back up again. Well, I'll tell you in a minute. First, the recap:
Great movie. The plot? Well, think of it as an adult fairy tale. Well, I mean, think of it as a fairy tale for grown ups.
An "adult" fairy tale would be one starring me and Maribel Verdu, Paz Vega, and Salma Hayek. . . or me re-making
Belle Epoque, with me and . . .oh well, you get the picture (not that you'd want that picture in your head).
The story's about a young girl and her mom who go to live in the mountains to be with her new dad, who's a captain of a division of soldiers in a region trying to stamp out the last of the
maquis (the guerrillas). The evil step-
motherfather is played by
Sergi Lopez who
rules yet again. (I hope he gets out of being the "bad guy" all the time.) The young girl loves the escapism of her books which allows her to occupy her mind instead of focusing on "new dad" and how her preggo-mom is not doing well at all. Fortunately she has the chief house maid (mmmmMaribel Verdu) to watch out for her.
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30 Jan 22:15 | /movies | 5 comment(s)
