Julieta

6.5 julieta dramón made in almodovar pero bastante mejor que las últimas que ha hecho. read more

watching paint dry would be more fun than the painful experience of sitting through this utterly dull film with a paper-thin story. none of the characters are likable, nor are they relatable: theres the guilt-ridden main character who seems to be looking for her daughter only for her own sake, her serial cheater of a husband who goes out practically looking for danger, and her missing daughter who one day just ups and leaves to join a fucking cult up in the mountains -- just who the fuck is the audience supposed to care for? the sculptor lady, whom the husband occasionally sleeps with and who... read more

13 years after her daughter left without a single word of explication, Julieta has finally gotten over it, but a casual encounter refreshes both her grief and guilt, pushing her to reconsider her whole life. Adapted from three short stories by Alice Munro combined into a storyline spanning over 3 decades, "Julieta" is a chromatically elegant, emotionally detached melodrama that hastens through its main plot points to focus on its characters inner turmoils instead. read more