Imagining Argentina (2003) Reviews
- Starring:
- Antonio Banderas, Emma Thompson, (more)
- Director(s):
- Christopher Hampton
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Drama
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful Antonio Banderas really shows us his acting skills in this one...This movie is not for kids or children....It's a well written & acted film...Give this one a chance & stay with it coz its going to ... Read More Antonio Banderas really shows us his acting skills in this one...This movie is not for kids or children....It's a well written & acted film...Give this one a chance & stay with it coz its going to surprise you........ Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful Disturbing. Good acting. Highly recommend it. It's a good dramatization of the horrors which took place in Argentina from 1976 through 1983 and the 30,000 men, women and children that disappeared ... Read More Disturbing. Good acting. Highly recommend it. It's a good dramatization of the horrors which took place in Argentina from 1976 through 1983 and the 30,000 men, women and children that disappeared during that period. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful Evidently considered unworthy of theatrical release by its distributor, IMAGINING ARGENTINA turns out to be a difficult but worthwhile foray into the "disappeared" of that sorry country, one that has ... Read More Evidently considered unworthy of theatrical release by its distributor, IMAGINING ARGENTINA turns out to be a difficult but worthwhile foray into the "disappeared" of that sorry country, one that has been through so much trauma so often--political, economic, death squads, torture--that it seems beyond belief. Like the underrated "Vidas Privadas" (with Gael Garcia Bernal and Cecilia Roth), which used sex and voyeurism as a jumping off point into what happened in Argentina, this film uses magical cognition as a way to come to terms with the horror, which is front and center here. It is not easy to distance oneself, nor should it be. Part of me wanted to dismiss the movie out of hand for using the "magic" angle. But I stuck with it and am glad I did because it brings the viewer smack up against modern day fascism: how it starts, grows and takes over. The movie does make you wonder: The early signs are much apparent here in America; how long before the worst of this begins to take shape? Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful Difficult to watch the brutality; some of those images still burn in my head. The "imagination" of the lead characters seem to be their only ally and hope. The film validates synchronicity, intuition ... Read More Difficult to watch the brutality; some of those images still burn in my head. The "imagination" of the lead characters seem to be their only ally and hope. The film validates synchronicity, intuition and powerful forces in the universe which we effect, although we don't understand them. I wish I'd listened in Spanish. Hearing everyone's English with a Spanish (especially Emma) was unintentionally comical. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful I could have done with a little less on the supernatural stuff with Antonio Bandeira. The accounts of what went on in Argentina during that period of time is truly sad. I could not imagine having a ... Read More I could have done with a little less on the supernatural stuff with Antonio Bandeira. The accounts of what went on in Argentina during that period of time is truly sad. I could not imagine having a love one taken from me and dissapear from the face of the earth. I strongly recommend this movie. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful It would have been 4 stars without the psychic aspect being used to advance the story.
I await the remake of Schindler's List showing his heavy reliance on a Ouija Board!
That aside, the ... Read More It would have been 4 stars without the psychic aspect being used to advance the story.
I await the remake of Schindler's List showing his heavy reliance on a Ouija Board!
That aside, the performances are strong and the story is gripping. Banderas and Thompson both give excellent performances in a movie that is at times hard to watch but worth watching. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful I think the movie is poignant and well worth seeing.
I don't like supernatural features in movies, and I think that all its points could have been made, and the drama kept, without use of the ... Read More I think the movie is poignant and well worth seeing.
I don't like supernatural features in movies, and I think that all its points could have been made, and the drama kept, without use of the clairvoyance.
The most striking aspect of the movie was the utter degeneration of the death squads and the prison guards. The acting was uniformly gripping.
I thought the weaker aspects of the movie involved the supernatural, and the complete one-dimensional evil of the military command. They were evil, but without their point of view, the movie becomes simply a horror show, without a real moral.
Also, the attempt to generalize the disappearances to other countries was weak. You dissipate the effect of the movie by trying to make it overly general. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
0 out of 1 people found this review helpful Why was the movie in english if all the actors could speak spanish? I know this story, like the movie but the acting was horrible.WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No |
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