Just what I expected

Dreadfully Boring

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

There may seem to be vacancies in the story but on thought they will be filled in and much thought must be given to those vacancies . . . who was the father, did he sexually abuse his children, why did Elder's father kill his friend?The ending is unusual, one may ask why, but our protagonist's lover was no romantic.This movie is based on a story by Guillermo Arriaga who also wrote Babel, 21 Grams and Amores Perros.

This film is one of the best productions made in Latin America have seen in recent years. It shows clearly the loneliness and abandonment leading to attitudes often repulsive. The highly original narrative takes us to a completely unexpected outcome. In this aspect the film has a highly original narrative, nothing the usual story of an old man paying to have sex with a young man. Abandonment, loneliness, violence. The sad fact of everyday life. Excellent actors and an excellent pace of narrative to the end. The film even deserved all the awards he received. A masterpiece. I can not understand the criticism as negative other commentators. It's an intimate film with enormous human content. For those who live in Latin America like me it is clear that the director knows the violent environment of cities like Caracas. Great movie.

After seeing this incomparably BAD Venezuelan movie today at the Miami Film Festival I couldn't understand how it could have ever won the Golden Lion (main prize) at the Venice Film Festival 2015, unless the members of the jury had been drugged or were profoundly drunk. I went and searched to see who had been the members of the jury and found the answer right away: Alfonso Cuarón was the president, and in movie festivals the selection of the president is decisive. Cuarón just wanted to favor a Latinamerican director, that was all. This TERRIBLE film is defective from all points of views, and it would not even pass a Cinema 101 exam. That's probably the reason why it has been shown in a few festivals but it hasn't had regular distribution, and the opinion of the critics has not been very helpful to it. On top of all that it is incredibly boring... Go at your own risk.

The movie was released in India in the MAMI film festival. Much to my excitement, this was the first movie I watched. The story is about a middle aged man and teenager and their little conversation in the entire movie. There are unnecessary shots of intimacy as well. The movie is slow,dragged and is vague. The climax makes it even worse. There is no connection between the characters(like Elder's girlfriend or hookup friend whoever she was) and with no background score and indeed few dialogues makes the film boring to watch. The climax doesn't reveal anything. When the film is cryptic or obscure, the audience expects a decent finish where everything shown in the movie could be related.