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Summary: Jennifer & Antonio Were Good
Review: Although I do not own the video, I have rented it on several occasions. I found the movie interesting and entertaining. The nudity in the film was not as offensive as I have found the language in other movies on the market and in the theaters today. It makes you wonder what life must have been like during the dictatorship.I would purchase this video, if I could find a new copy on the market.
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Summary: a video that makes one want to read the book!
Review: Although I'm not an Allende fan, the viewer appreciates Chilean intelligentsia from her point of view. What avenues are open to challenge a military dictatorship? Banderas does OK--but the best actors are the supporting characters!
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Summary: A serious subject in a superficial movie
Review: Chile and Argentina have gone through tragic years during the 70's, and this movie attempted to tackle what happened - everyday at the time, in Chile. Two good actors (Banderas and Connelly) seem lost in a poor script and directorship, although Allende knew the subject from the inside (I did not read her book yet).
Banderas could not concentrate and acted quite bad, and you can see that the way his eyes wander in several scenes with Jennifer. She makes a big effort in her role, but this is not one of her good movies.
In Jennifer's attempt to bring the South American political disaster to the screen, a much better (remarkable) film is Waking the Dead. A must see!
Note: their love scene in Of Love and Shadows could produce a tender moment in this play, but was grossly produced and the director missed the chance, unfortunately.
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Summary: Left Wing Ideology
Review: I can see how this film might appeal to some people, especially to those on the extreme left as it tends to push to the forefront socialist causes like egalitarianism, homosexuality, and spirituality. Antonio Banderas plays a communist photographer who meets a magazine editor played by Jennifer Connelly. As he befriends her, he tries to steal her from her fiancé and persuade her to his left-wing idealogy. It is definitely not a film for everyone, but it will appeal to some women, especially those who like Antonio Banderas - the camera is fixated on him, and ignores the beautiful Jennifer Connelly in their love-making scene. It will probably also appeal to the extreme left and gay community, though Jennifer Connelly fans will surely be disappointed.
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Summary: IF YOU LOVE ANTONIO, YOU'LL LOVE THIS MOVIE
Review: I FOUND THIS TO BE A VERY INTERESTING MOVIE WITH ONE OF THE TENDEREST LOVE SCENES I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME. IT MAY BE A LITTLE ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES IN CERTAIN PARTS, BUT OVERALL I LOVE THIS MOVIE, AND WILL WATCH IT AGAIN AND AGAIN.
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Summary: Great for Antonio Fans!
Review: I thought this was a great movie...one of the best love scenes in ANY movie (a definite rewind). You won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Love, shadow, and a right wing dictatorship.
Review: If you love to see people loving, you will probably love that part of this movie. However this movie is also about a War on Terrorism. It may challenge some of the common ideas that we Americans get from our corporate controlled media. There's alot of beauty in this movie; but there's also something ugly. It is timely, especially now in America.
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Summary: Betty takes Jennifer for a ride
Review: Jennifer Connelly must be desperate for work, becuase it's been ages since I've seen her in anyhting that showed off her considerable talents. This one is probably the worst. It's a ridiculous caper movie trying to masquerade as a serious film. It's starts out fairly decently with the Banderas character, then puts Connelly's in clear focus as the central character. Once it gets to the scene where they are investigating the cave as two professionals, then start doing it on the very uncomfortable cave floor, you know it's a stupid film, and it just goes downhill from there. It turns into maudlin sentimentality after that, with very overplayed scenes of him helping her after being shot down in the street. It wasn't the acting that was bad, though, it was everything else. I was hoping Banderas would just take her on his motorcycle and get Jennifer out of there, because they both deserve a writer/director better than Betty Kaplan.
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Summary: One scene makes the movie!
Review: Let's face it: overall this movie [isn't very good!] There is however one good scene, that makes up for the wasted time spent watching this. This involves the two leads investigating an serious assignment in a cave, while all of a sudden they start doing it on rock hard concrete(!) That scene alone gives this movie all 5 stars in my humble opinion!
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Summary: Connelly in Bonkbuster!
Review: Lets face it lads, this one isn't in your collection for the storyline. Connelly looks sensational, and reveals all in various stages of the film. The plot disappears amongst wishes of if only! Its a good film, dont get me wrong, but the action concentrates very much on its female star. And rightly so!
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