Movie Reviews for Amar Te Duele

Amar Te Duele

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Movie Reviews of Amar Te Duele

Movie Review: Awesome
Summary: 5 Stars

I Really luv the Movie it is an awesome Romeo & Juliet luv story with a verry sad ending. Great!!!

Movie Review: Surprisingly Accurate Look at Mexican Society
Summary: 4 Stars

As moviegoers, we've been beaten over the head with the Romeo and Juliet adaptations. What makes Amar Te Duele stand out is director Fernando Sariñana's decision to emphasize the differences between the socioeconomic strata of Mexico.

The majority of mainstream Mexican movies fail to touch on the rift that can exist between Nacos and Fresas. The closest equivalent in English that you can probably find to "Naco" is "White Trash", a Mexican that is considered by others to be lower-class or unrefined. To the contrary, Fresas are what you might consider the Mexican equivalent of "Preppy" individuals. These expressions are used lightly in movies such as "Y Tu Mama Tambien" to help polarize the lead characters, and show the influence it has on their relationship. Amar Te Duele is a breath of fresh air in that it delves deeper into the Naco/Fresa class differences that exist in Mexico, but rarely make it to American cinema.

While the plot itself isn't incredibly original, the movie is made enjoyable thanks to a warm performance by the very beautiful Martha Higareda. Higareda does a great job, despite this being her film debut, having only previously appeared in a handful of soap operas on Mexican television.

Amar Te Duele is not a top-notch example of Mexican filmmaking, but it is certainly a DVD that you will want to own.

Movie Review: Refreshingly familiar but also new
Summary: 4 Stars

I enjoyed this. It's a reminder of how classic the premise of Romeo and Juliet really is, but it's always nice to see the story cast in new and innovative ways. This film does that. Martha Higareda is lovely as Renata, and in general Fernando Sariñana does a great job of getting the most out of his young actors. For American viewers this will also have the refreshing complexity of recent Mexican film in that it shows the class frictions and prejudices.

I did think the ending played out a little to conveniently tragic. It's not exactly as the original, of course. That ending might have been too elaborate to get into this story realistically. Instead the director goes for a gritty, believable sort of realism.

Movie Review: Mexico is not donkeys and sombreros.... this movie shows you another side.
Summary: 4 Stars

I saw this movie while staying in Mexico and it is a stunning, eye-opening look into the class differences in Mexico City. Most American (United States) looks into Mexico involve dusty border towns and sombrero-laiden stereotypes. This shows you another side of Mexico: class differences in one of the largest cities on earth. After 6 weeks in Mexico, much of it in Mexico City, I have a new view of life and of the world.

This movie is worth a watch. If you're not fluent in Spanish (I speak it, but I'm not fluent), you will want to use the subtitles, because it's full of slang and cussing in Spanish that would be impossible for a school-educated Spanish-speaker to get a grip of on the first watch.