Víctor Mencía

Víctor Mencía

Favorite films

  • City of God
  • The Graduate
  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Mystic River

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  • The Florida Project

    ★★★½

  • A Geisha

    ★★★★

  • I Never Sang for My Father

    ★★★½

  • Field of Dreams

    ★★★

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  • I Never Sang for My Father

    I Never Sang for My Father

    ★★★½

    The film is based on a play by Robert Anderson, who also wrote the script, and aims to provide a psychological analysis of two good people who are unaware of the harm they do to each other by imposing their will without nuance or by letting themselves be dominated by the strong personality of the other.

    Douglas is extraordinary in his role as a tough, self-made man, with deep-rooted and unwavering principles and convictions. Hackman is brilliant in the role…

  • One Desire

    One Desire

    ★★★

    "One Desire" describes a rather colorful and light first half of the film, which stands out for its rhythm, and in which the charming arrogance that Rock Hudson brings to the development of his character contributes much of this spirit.

    As a positive point, it could be said that the film includes criticism of the upper class and the sexist system that marginalizes a woman for having a dark past.

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  • Pieces of a Woman

    Pieces of a Woman

    ★★★½

    The birth scene, shot majestically as a real-time sequence shot, is totally heartbreaking. In this way the loss of the baby in childbirth is shown, which becomes the central focus of the story. From there, we observe how the lives and the emotional balance of the characters collapse, who do not know how to face the tragedy.

    However, over the course of the film, I have been feeling a gradual loss of interest. Each reveal seemed predictable to me, and…

  • Hillbilly Elegy

    Hillbilly Elegy

    ★★½

    The movie gets pretty repetitive, with a non-transcendental plot, cliché-riddled dialogue, and the over-acting, sometimes parodic, performance of Amy Adams. Added to this, the melodramatic histrionics displayed endows the film with a palpable mediocrity.