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funny (maybe).
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asterisk:
expanded
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asterisk: not
mine.
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asterisk: it
probably
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OTHER
CRAP:
Catch
the deluxe
version of
Other Crap in
real time,
with all the
bells and
whistles, here.
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Lo
Contrario Al Amor
(2011)
Johnny's
comments:
Lo Contrario al Amor
is a romantic comedy
where Merce (Adriana
Ugarte), a massage
therapist (not what
you're thinking...),
is told by a
clairvoyant that she
will meet a man and
fall in love. But,
Merce does not want
this as she thinks
that love turns her
into a terrible
person. After getting
stuck in an elevator
with her celebrity
sister Loreto
(Guadalupe Lancho),
she is rescued by
three firemen, all of
whom take a shine to
Merce and all end up
going on a date with
her. She likes Raúl
(Hugo Silva) the most
and begins a
relationship with him,
but all of her old
traits start to come
back and the
relationship begins to
have difficulties.
Meanwhile, her sister
Loreto makes a
comeback hosting a
late-night quiz show.
Coupled with a growing
love for cocaine, this
is not going to go
well. Also, the two
firemen that missed
out on Merce's
affections discover
something about
themselves.
While Lo Contrario al
Amor is a fairly stock
standard romantic
comedy, there's a lot
of focus on how a
relationship between
two opposites would
work. Yeah, it ends as
they all do, but the
movie at least
challenges the
conventions. But the
most bizarre thing
about this movie is
that the two firemen
that lost out in the
chase for Merce turn
out to have affections
for one another,
seemingly without
having gay feelings
before. I don't know
what's going there,
seems a bit far
fetched to me.
And I've got to say,
Adriana Ugarte is fast
becoming one of my
faves, really love
seeing her in movies
and her scene from
Combustion will be
high up on my end of
year list.
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