cimartel Reviews

Shaandaar (2015)

I.m convinced that Indian moviegoers are really tough reviewers

[6/10 · 30 June 2018]

I lost count of how many times I've watched an Indian movie, entertainingly unpretentious, funny, with original dialog, to which I gave a 7 star rating, but which in IMDB reviewers have given it 3 or 4 or 5 stars. Then I read the reviews, mostly from Indian users criticizing the movie. Well, I'm not Indian and I hope that there will be more Hindi or Telugu movies with bad ratings, like this one, to keep me happy. So much fun!!

Ice (2018)

Beautiful message

[8/10 · 21 May 2018]

Beautiful message for our children, great acting, and the musical scenes were originally done. I suggest to watch it with subtitles and not dubbed.

Happiness Never Comes Alone (2012)

Hilarious, and I'm not even French

[7/10 · 30 April 2018]

I came here to add my rating when I saw there's a reviewer who gave it 1 star. I respect but fully disagree with that rating. First the acting is great all around including the children. Second, the pace is fast, not a boring moment which is rare for a romantic comedy. And third, I laughed out loud several times and I'm Latin American. I've watched hundreds of comedies, both film and TV, and few have made laugh out loud. I even debated if give it 8 only for this reason. Ok, it's not 8 stars, but this film will be part of my "comfort food" films collection, which are movies I re-watch when not in a mood to put my brain to work. Definitely a good addition.

Chasing Liberty (2004)

Surprisingly entertaining teenage romantic comedy

[7/10 · 21 June 2004]

I never expected this romantic comedy made for the teenage audience to be so entertaining. Mandy Moore gives us an endearing interpretation as Anna, the daughter of the President of the United States, rebelling against her lack of freedom and the difficulties of her love life. She takes on the opportunity to travel to Prague when his parents are on an official visit, and tries to get away from the strict security staff she's permanently surrounded with, to experience some freedom as a anonymous teenager. In Prague, she meets handsome brit Ben (Matthew Goode), who was perfectly casted for his role of an aloof, dutiful secret agent who, predictably, falls in love with Anna while trying to protect her while chasing her through several European cities. Both Mandy Moore and Matthew Goode offer very good and believable interpretations of their characters, which together with the beautiful scenery, more than make up for the not-so-original dialogue. Chasing Liberty is a good bet for those who like this type of genre.