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Summary: Incredible Movie
Review: This has to be one of the finiest romantic-comedies ever made. Amazing and full of life. I look forward to the day it is out on DVD in widescreen...However, one special note to first time viewers. See the subtitled version, not the dubbed version. The voices they chose for the dubbing are all wrong. Keep with the original.
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Summary: Enjoyable romp
Review: This is a funny but not hilarious, sexy story that takes place in the countryside of Spain during the Civil War. It definitely has a French feel to the movie. The other reviews have pretty much covered this movie in detail so my purpose is more to agree with the overwhelming majority and not with the editorial writer. It is light and airy, like a beautiful cumulus cloud, a refreshing sight to behold and experience. Ominous dark clouds with heavy messaages are nowhere to be found, it's just a witty, sharp movie that entertains, a passive movie experience for that time when you want to just relax and not think too much. Well, maybe day dream about Penelope Cruz. There are the issues of religion, Franco and patriotism but it is not overwhelming, one is too distracted by the four women charcters in the movie, or if you're a female, the young handsome lead actor. For me there was one reason to see this movie, Penelope Cruz. She is pretty good in this movie. She was only eighteen at the time, so the role as the younger sister, Luz, is hardly a stretch. She has a certain quality to her, coquet all the while, her youthful naivete is engrossing and captivates the imagination. She plays her part with enthusiasm and even when she is not he main focal point of attention, her little nuances are fun to watch. The other women are very attractive too but Pe gets my vote. It's not that she is the prettiest either, it's the intangible, the realness in her portrayl, the beauty of her innocence. The sisters are all very good as well. An apparently gay sister, a widow and another who is being persued by a very funny moma's boy all make for good charcters for a funny movie. The mother and father of the sisters are well done and round out an excellent supporting cast. The plot is simple, a young man must choose between four beautiful women. Life can be tough!! It is easy to see early on who will win out so that is not important, it is just the adventures in between. A good light hearted movie, nothing serious, just fun.
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Summary: Great movie, but...
Review: This is a very good and funny movie full of loveable characters. I would recommend everyone see it but I don't believe the jokes will translate very well into english.
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Summary: Great movie, but...
Review: This is a very good and funny movie full of loveable characters. I would recommend everyone see it but I don't believe the jokes will translate very well into english.
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Summary: S. Maes
Review: This is a wonderfully fun, well-directed and acted film about the antics of a handsome young man and 4 tantalizing seductresses. Although the setting takes place in the 1930's, it is an ageless tale of youth and romance.
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Summary: Bawdy and Sexy Spanish Comedy!
Review: This is an entertaining romantic comedy. It is funny, sexy, saucy and inventive spanish film. The movie never gets heavy, it manages to be a light, fluff of a comedy with an excellent premise (4 beautiful women, every man's dream!). If you liked this movie I recommend 'Cinema Pardiso', 'Il Postino' or 'Like Water For Chocolate'. From a scale of 1-10 I give this movie a 7!
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Summary: Spanish film-making at its best.
Review: This is one of the finest movies I've ever seen. It is funny, unique, and truly entertaining. Not just for fans of Spanish movies and culture, it will be enjoyed by all who watch it! Add it to your collection, you won't be disappointed (but make sure you avoid the dubbed version).
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Summary: Lusty & Innocent Fun
Review: This movie is unequivocably recommended. The themes are mature and the subtitles use the most common of language. Fortunately the subtitles don't translate the most common of those words as often as they're said in this delightful Spanish farce. The movie is meaningless, but very funny and very entertaining with lots to recommend it. The movie has excellent character development, charming and humorous dialogues, lovely cinematography and an overall attractiveness. The male lead has led an innocent existence in which he spent some time in a seminary, and then has deserted from the army. Now when he meets the four daughters of a libertine aging artist who has befriended him, he wants to make up for lost time. The older three daughters use him for their forbidden pleasures, and don't take the encounters seriously. Being unsophisticated, he falls in love with each until the next one seduces him. He doesn't realize until almost too late, that the youngest actually loves him, although I can't see what qualities he has except for his looks. Oh, that's right, he cooks better than anyone in the family. The costume celebration and its aftermath is one of the most hilarious I've seen in a movie regardless of language. I'm sure there were social messages that without knowledge of Spanish customs and history, were not apparent. There seemed to be a strong association with death. The side story of the young man who is infatuated with the second daughter but can't break away from his mother or tradition, until his frustration causes him to falsely renounce everything his mother stands for, probably symbolizes certain hypocrises in Spain at that point in history as it tried to break away from a moonarchy but couldn't make up its mind. Enjoy!
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Summary: Lusty & Innocent Fun
Review: This movie is unequivocably recommended. The themes are mature and the subtitles use the most common of language. Fortunately the subtitles don't translate the most common of those words as often as they're said in this delightful Spanish farce. The movie is meaningless, but very funny and very entertaining with lots to recommend it. The movie has excellent character development, charming and humorous dialogues, lovely cinematography and an overall attractiveness. The male lead has led an innocent existence in which he spent some time in a seminary, and then has deserted from the army. Now when he meets the four daughters of a libertine aging artist who has befriended him, he wants to make up for lost time. The older three daughters use him for their forbidden pleasures, and don't take the encounters seriously. Being unsophisticated, he falls in love with each until the next one seduces him. He doesn't realize until almost too late, that the youngest actually loves him, although I can't see what qualities he has except for his looks. Oh, that's right, he cooks better than anyone in the family. The costume celebration and its aftermath is one of the most hilarious I've seen in a movie regardless of language. I'm sure there were social messages that without knowledge of Spanish customs and history, were not apparent. There seemed to be a strong association with death. The side story of the young man who is infatuated with the second daughter but can't break away from his mother or tradition, until his frustration causes him to falsely renounce everything his mother stands for, probably symbolizes certain hypocrises in Spain at that point in history as it tried to break away from a moonarchy but couldn't make up its mind. Enjoy!
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Summary: i was delighted upon viewing this movie
Review: this show never fails to pluck the imagination of the shadowy heart of darkness, while at the same time offering a complex yet harrowing view of life in early 1930's spain. needless to say, all of the characters are beautiful, and put on emmy award-winning performances. This movie helped to propell many to stardom later down the road.i highly recommend that you see it.
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