AMORES PERROS (Love's A Bitch)
A quick view by Camilo Arenivar
Amores Perros is a very interesting Mexican film with three different stories revolving couples and certain dramatic situations that they go through. If you like foreign films at all or can handle subtitles, this is a must see. It is kind of depressing, but it is also like a Pulp Fiction-esque kind of film. Director Alejandro González Iñárritu has done an excellent job with this film and I definitely think we should hear of this film in the Best Foreign Film category at the Oscars next year. The way all the stories and characters are tied together and the impact a single car crash has on all their lives is very interesting. This movie is on the long side, at 2 hours and 25 minutes, but it is worth checking out if you liked Pulp Fiction type movies and don't mind the subtitles. Check it out at your local art house theater.
Rating: 88
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Rating Scale:
90-100: Run to it,youre dead or a jealous aspiring screenwriter if you don't like it! Okay to pay full price! (Excellent= A)
80-90: Good, but not a classic. If you like this genre, you will like the film. If you're not sure that you like these kind of movies, a matinee would be a safer bet.(Good = B)
70-80: There are redeeming factors to this movie, and it has high points and low points. Worth a matinee depending on how close to 80 the rating is, a video rental if closer to 70. Nothing real special about it. (Fair = C)
60-70: Barely passing! Only slightly entertaining, not worth paying for at the movie theater. Rent it if you like this type of film otherwise stay away! (Poor = D)
50-60: Don't even rent this! Unless you like BAD movies. (Failure = F)
0-50: Run from it! Boycott the video store that would carry it! This is HORRIBLE, how did it get made?
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