An international soccer star is on his way to sign a multimillion dollar contract when something happens that brings his career to an abrupt end. A beautiful waitress, struggling to make it in New York City, discovers something about herself that she's unprepared for. In one irreversible moment, their lives are turned upside down.
Eduardo Verástegui Tammy Blanchard Manny Perez Angélica Aragón Jamie Tirelli Ramón Rodríguez Armando Riesco Sophie Nyweide Ali Landry Ewa Da Cruz Alexa Gerasimovich Herb Lovelle Tawny Cypress Doug DeBeech Michael Mosley Dominic Colón Michael Chin David Castro Sara Dawson Lukas Behnken Wade Mylius Hudson Cooper Dionne Audain Peter Bucossi
Leo Severino Sean Wolfington Eduardo Verástegui Denise Pinckley Alejandro Monteverde Matthew J. Malek Glen Trotiner Dan Genetti
벨라, בלה, Bela, 贝拉
Canada14A
USAPG-13
South Korea전체 관람가
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definitely mixed on this one but it once again reaffirms my feelings on its director. his ability to capture raw human emotions cannot be understated. and the technical craftsmanship on display is remarkably impressive for a debut.
although the story and characters aren’t perfect, and i’m not in complete agreeance with the direction the narrative took at times, i was still relatively engaged the whole way through.
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I think it's trying to be pro-life but the only reason it gives women to not get abortions is that a hot lonely stable man will raise the child for you if you carry to term (and also that man wants to nurture your unborn child in order to atone for the guilt he carries from scrunching a 6-year-old girl with his car)
I was made to watch this movie in Catholic school... the horror.
Was a fine little film with two flat but potential characters until it made an absurd jump to the climax.
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A cute little movie about the joy of family and processing grief. The script and story are a little all over the place; I really don't know why they made Jose a soccer player who accidentally killed a girl with his car. That did not seem to really add anything to his story arc. I think the film would have been just as strong if he was simply a chef, without the tragic backstory.
I also think the ending was a bit weak; the filmmakers clearly wanted to portray adoption as an alternative to abortion, but if Jose and Nina had gotten married I think it would have stayed true to how the story had been building throughout the runtime…
I remembered liking this when I first saw and wondered if it held up. It did. It's a really well made film. It seems to me that many of the smaller, independent made films could learn an important lesson from this one: Hire really good actors. Yeah, seems obvious, but maybe that's harder than it seems. The actors here are compelling, charismatic, and light up the screen. Certainly they're good looking, but it's more than that.
Another thing - the tension is not forced here. The characters make choices that seem true to who they are, and not simply to move the plot. And the family dinner scene is well choreographed and just a delight to watch.
I thought at times, it flirted with becoming something pretty good, something meaningful, but with every moment of this, it was followed by something trite that hindered it. As the movie moved along, it began to feel more and more artificial.
BOOOOORRRINNNGGGG!!!!!
This is a small film with a lot of heart and a great sound track to go with it. I am really impressed with the acting, camera work, dialogue, and chemistry between the actors. Yes this movie has a moral message to it, but I don't think it was preachy at all. The character of Jose lovingly and relationally seeks to keep a woman from making a mistake that may hurt her in a similar way he made a mistake. They may not be exactly equivalent, but the heartache may be the same. The movie did not hide the fact that having a kid out of wedlock is not easy, that an abortion is not an easy choice or an…
There may be a few moments of transitory narrative pleasure scattered throughout, but stuff like this is the reason we don't allow male directors/writers to make movies about women having abortions.
Not bad, but there's a lot of really forced stuff in what is essentially a rather trite commentary on the value of family.
Uma sensível obra sobre os percalços da vida e a importância da família.
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