Disappointment for a huge fan!

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

This was a great series finally exposing one of the little known literary greats. She was beyond her time and the series appeared to take some creative license with the good possibility she may have a been a lesbian. Her writings elude quite well to this possibility but in the end no one really knows and this is where the show took some creative license. It is entirely possible it could have really happened and I am perfectly okay with that. She trancended her time and I can see the church being sadisticly oppressive during those times. It's great to see a high budget series on Netflix telling her story to the world! Loved this series.

I grew up in Mexico. Studying the life and work of 'Sor Juana' was in the school curriculum. This is a worthy and beautiful portrayal of a genius writer. The producers, writers, etc have done a wonderful job of bringing back to life the beautiful secret that is Sor Juana's life. It is also refreshing to see that she is portrayed as a full human being and not just the 'feminist' caricature that we are often sold at discount rates. I loved everything about this series and will watch it again.

I was amazed when I watched this series on Netflix this week. I really didn't know what to expect and was met with an impeccable production, script and editing. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz is a literary figure of the 17th century and an icon of Mexican Culture but, ironically enough, very little is known of her. And yes, the story-telling does take some liberties with this but to enrich the narrative build, not for shock value. At least I didn't think so. After all, a character as strong as her surely wasn't bland or dull. Her rebellion, for example, is very likely as it is known from letters written by her that she did have a quarrel with her confessor, something unthinkable at the time. Why is is so outrageous then that a figure as her, or nuns at all, had a sexual orientation of any kind? I recommend this series for it's narrative proposal which is both constructive and daring. WARNING: Not suitable for history buffs who want a narrated documentary with "reenactments for dramatic purposes". After all, it's just good TV.

How sad that they used and abused such a good biopic and made the typical trash of lesbians, and corruption of the Church. You better get a good Biography, instead of wasting your time watching this fantasy. The guidelines for reviews here they say it's 10 lines. I really don't have much to say about this series. I have watched 4 episodes, and instead of getting better, it gets worse. It is sad they wasted so much talent, money and energy to advance the typical Hollywood immorality that they want to impose on every one as "normal". I have read Sor Juana Ines of the Cruz all my life. Biographies, and her poetry. As I said, it is a waste of time, and resources. They could have used the real, true story, and come up with something beautiful. Too bad.