Title: Lovesickness (Mal de Amores)
Rating (out of 100): 90
Mood: happy, uplifted, introspective
Website: http://www.discoveringlatinamerica.com/dlaff/schedule/event.php?id=250&date=2008-12-01&limit=5
Timeout / Culture Critic: http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/85247/lovesickness.html / na
(in Spanish with Subtitles) – Part of the Discovering Latin American Movie Festival in London (through Dec 7) -Sometimes funny, other times sad, most often ridiculous, and always enjoyable, this movie hit the spot. Executive produced by Benicio Del Toro (which I imagine is the reason for Luis Guzman’s solid casting, who is most often seen in English-language movies), the movie shows separate lives and how love impacts them. Whether the characters in the movie are searching for love or finding it, or losing it, their journey is very entertaining. The audience I was watching the movie with laughed out loud several times during the movie, during the highly awkward and hilarious moments (including the oddly funny starting sequence of the distraught family whose members in reality are less interested in the recent family death than their own personal stories). The stories at both ends of the age scale (the 70 + and the teenagers) were the most enjoyable with the older actors (especially the lady) showing the feistiness and love of life that I hope to have when I’m her age. Overall, a charming and highly enjoyable movie.
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