Mariage à Mendoza

Not much to say about this film. It's okay entertainment if you're willing to overlook a few things, that is, if you're are in the right mood. The film throws into the pan as many clichés as necessary to assure a less than challenging viewing, and a few bumps on the road to spice things up enough. In doing this, it does okayish.

On the subject of clichés, the film gets away with a good assortment of them: the Argentine guy who's emotional, invasive and funny, the dark skinned Latina beauty, nice rural people to name a few (clouded by some geographical atrocious inaccuracies, one can't help thinking someone hasn't bothered to pick up a map).

Towards the end there are a few mild surprises in stock, which reveal to be more disconcerting and than instrumental to the plot.

However, the film provides a scene by scene sort of entertainment, keeps a pace that averts boredom, and though narrowly, it escapes the embarrassment zone. Admittedly, was this film American rather than French, it would probably lose some of the few kudos that it walks away with and that justify a thoughtlessly amusing viewing.