Todos tenemos un muerto en el placard o un hijo en el clóset

This is a beautiful he told story that only the Spanish or French can do! BIEN HECHO!

Watched this during the Tampa International Film Fest. The storyline is good, the lead actor did a great job. Moves a bit slow and clunky at first but comes together nicely. The film is really about relationships with family and their expectations. Liked the ending.

The cinematography is very static, you won't see many cuts or different camera angles, which could be an artistic choice or a budget constaint, but it's not necessatily a bad thing. Speaking of budget constaints, a lot of action is shown off-screen. For example there will be a party but you never see the non-main cast guests, it can be a bit bothersome sometimes, as the movie is not really a "shut off from the outside world" type of movie. There is also a funny sequence at the beginning, where the characters are going out for a jog, and it's obvious that every shot is recorded at the same block.

Sometimes a character will be friendly, just to turn confrontational in the next scene, without indication that the friendliness was fake. This is not necessarily the actors' fault, it's also a script problem. This is also apparent when characters will make a fuss about insignificant things, and you're supposed to take it seriously. Another sign of a posible script problem is when at the end the main character shows some traits that make him seem like an asshole, which I'm not sure if they were intentional.

So far I've been kinds negative, but even with it's faults the movie is enjoyable, you can relate with the characters and situations as they are common to many families, like going back to your hometown, talking about sex to your sibling, having a judgemental grandma, having a dissappointed parent, or having a one sided relationship. The movie does have heart in it.

This had the potential to be a good film. Sadly, the poor writing, unrealistic scenes and poor acting ruins this. Lead character was good, but it appears none of the adults have any idea what acting is (aside from reciting your lines). There was zero emotional connections to the pivotal scenes. It all seemed so forced and fake. Why include a crying scene by someone who has no idea how to show genuine emotion.

My biggest problem with this: it appears the writer gave up on this story, got tired or was under a deadline. After all the drama and trying to build something meaningful (albeit very poorly) ..suddenly, somehow, all the major problems are resolved and things neatly wrapped up in the last 2 minutes. Ridiculous!!

Such a cute movie, one of the best ones I have been in a long time. The only down side is a bit slow but I feel that it was needed to give depth to the characters development. Recommended.