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some of the acting was bad

posted 17 years ago by georgeoscarbluth
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I suppose all of the principals were great, but there were glaring parts that rubbed me the wrong way.

Basically, it was the group scenes. Pilar's coworkers and the men at the DV therapy sessions were overracting or acting unnaturally. It seems like the women were too cutesy and indicating "aren't we having such fun such talking girl-talk at the cafe?" Same with the men and their responses to a newly introduced insight during the therapy. Their reactions seemed unrealistic with the way everything dawned on them when the group leader would say something.....these are relatively small details but stood out anyway

There were other parts that I remember not liking and made me think at first, "Why is this so acclaimed?", but I forget them now. Nothing major though. Overall, the movie was good; it kept me engaged and caring for the characters and their outcome.

[–] Bloodiamond 17 years ago

Don't make me laugh. The scenes you're talking about are the best part of the movie because they showed the realistic and humanist side of this heavy, sad story. The husband was a batterer, of course, but he wanted not to be. So he decided to submit to a group therapy.

[–] georgeoscarbluth 17 years ago

That's the thing. I did not find the reactions of the men in the therapy group to be realistic. The actors portraying the women in the cafe seemed to be indicating too much, meaning that they were almost begging the audience to recognize their banter as poignant. It came off as unnatural to me.

I was not questioning the content or logic of these scenes as they contribute to the plot or characterization. I just thought the execution was faulty, contrived.

[–] jerry4444 17 years ago

It wasn't that bad, imho. Women do the girlie thing when they are together anyway.

As for the men in the group therapy, it was a somewhat minor part of the movie, it did not appear fake to me.

[–] nbetancourt54 17 years ago

I believe that there is a cultural difference that may be at play here. As an American Girl of Hispanic heritage/culture, I often can see how different cultures react to situations.

Those ladies were totally believable and incredibly funny. The men appear awkward and out of place-like Hispanic men are in treatment settings. I have experienced sessions like these with my social work experience. Very believable...

[–] georgeoscarbluth 16 years ago

OK, fair enough, others thought it was realistic. Anyway what a great movie! I just watched it again

Although I believe chit-chatty women and reluctant-to-express men are common to all cultures so it is not cultural ignorance that caused my belief that the aforementioned scenes were unrealistic.

[–] pako_dl 16 years ago

the first thing that came to my ettention when i saw those scenes was how realistic they were...none of the wife beaters had a true change...they were still the abusive bastards they were when they begun...but they were trying to change. and the girls did seemed to be having fun.

[–] SeisCinemaSeis 15 years ago

I completely disagree. Pilar co-workers provides a good contrast that only emphasize Pilar's solitude and her abnormal relationship with her husband.

The men also does a good job, most of them aren't pro actors but people with the same problem than Antonio who really tries to learn how to control their explosive and violent character.

This movie wouldn't be half as good if those groups wouldn't have been included. They expand the world of Antonio and Pilar.