I had heard a lot of good things about this movie, but after watch 3/4s of it (because I could not bear to finish it), I was disappointed. The scripting and acting was rather elementary. The characters were very cliché and flat. It was too easy to distinguish good vs. bad.
But I did like the fairy-tale-ness. The colors were rich and the archetypes easy to follow. The recipes and magic enriched fantasy. Though, it then should have better been depicted as a children's story rather than a semi-erotic "artsy" film.
It also played on the culture of the historical North Mexican upper-class. But it was nothing close to the significance that "The Motorcycle Diaries", or "Y Tu Mama Tambien" does it. Instead, it is merely just a setting that could easily be altered.
But I did like the fairy-tale-ness. The colors were rich and the archetypes easy to follow. The recipes and magic enriched fantasy. Though, it then should have better been depicted as a children's story rather than a semi-erotic "artsy" film.
It also played on the culture of the historical North Mexican upper-class. But it was nothing close to the significance that "The Motorcycle Diaries", or "Y Tu Mama Tambien" does it. Instead, it is merely just a setting that could easily be altered.