One of Netflix's top shows at the moment is the Mexican drama series The Accident. Many people are calling it one of the saddest shows they've ever watched, which given the plot, makes sense. It's a 10-part series revolving around the aftermath of a children's birthday party gone wrong. When a gush of wind sweeps up a bouncy house filled with kids at a birthday party, it causes the death of three children. This tragic accident changes the lives of a close-knit community forever.
Klych López and Gracia Querejeta directed the episodes for the show from scripts written by Leonardo Padrón. You might recognize some of the cast from previous projects, such as Alberto Guerra, who is best known for starring as Darío Sepúlveda in the Netflix crime drama series Griselda. Ana Claudia Talancón, Sebastian Martínez, Eréndira Ibarra, Shaní Lozano, Silverio Palacios, Erick Elías, Erik Hayser, Valentina Acosta, Macarena García Romero,...
Klych López and Gracia Querejeta directed the episodes for the show from scripts written by Leonardo Padrón. You might recognize some of the cast from previous projects, such as Alberto Guerra, who is best known for starring as Darío Sepúlveda in the Netflix crime drama series Griselda. Ana Claudia Talancón, Sebastian Martínez, Eréndira Ibarra, Shaní Lozano, Silverio Palacios, Erick Elías, Erik Hayser, Valentina Acosta, Macarena García Romero,...
- 8/31/2024
- by Crystal George
- Netflix Life
The Accident, directed by Lpez and Querejeta, gained worldwide popularity but received mixed reviews for its stretched movie-like premise. Ana Claudia Talancn shines as Daniela, a police detective investigating a tragic event that leaves families reeling in grief and blame. The talented ensemble cast includes Sebastian Martnez, Alberto Guerra, Erndira Ibarra, and other notable actors in the gripping Netflix thriller.
Netflix's The Accident, a Mexican thriller drama from directors Klych Lpez and Gracia Querejeta and writer Leonardo Padrn, surged in popularity worldwide just days after its initial release, prompting many viewers to wonder more about The Accident's cast and characters. Broken into 10 episodes, The Accident has garnered negative reviews from critics, who feel like the movie-like premise is stretched too thin. Without delving into spoiler territory, the thriller-meets-drama definitely takes cues from the best telenovelas and soap operas, as The Accident chronicles the aftermath of a birthday party gone wrong.
Netflix's The Accident, a Mexican thriller drama from directors Klych Lpez and Gracia Querejeta and writer Leonardo Padrn, surged in popularity worldwide just days after its initial release, prompting many viewers to wonder more about The Accident's cast and characters. Broken into 10 episodes, The Accident has garnered negative reviews from critics, who feel like the movie-like premise is stretched too thin. Without delving into spoiler territory, the thriller-meets-drama definitely takes cues from the best telenovelas and soap operas, as The Accident chronicles the aftermath of a birthday party gone wrong.
- 8/26/2024
- by Kate Bove
- ScreenRant
Queens on the Run (Fuga de reinas) is a Mexican comedy directed by Jorge Macaya and starring Martha Higareda, Paola Nuñez, Alejandra Ambrosi, Valeria Vera.
A funny Mexican movie that, between Thelma and Louise and Sky Rojo, takes us to the adventures of four very nice women.
Very entertaining, it delves more in the funny and sympathetic tone than in the thriller.
Without being the movie of our lives, it achieves what it intends: to make us have a good time without disturbing us too much.
Simple.
Movie Review
Funny, good rhythm, excellent comic performances, exaggeratedly self-conscious: four great protagonists with whom to spend two hours and, unfortunately, forget about them after ten minutes.
With Queens on the Run we are clear about it after five minutes: it only aims to entertain, following usual plots and with a hint of parody to American cinema and the classic road movies with women characters.
A funny Mexican movie that, between Thelma and Louise and Sky Rojo, takes us to the adventures of four very nice women.
Very entertaining, it delves more in the funny and sympathetic tone than in the thriller.
Without being the movie of our lives, it achieves what it intends: to make us have a good time without disturbing us too much.
Simple.
Movie Review
Funny, good rhythm, excellent comic performances, exaggeratedly self-conscious: four great protagonists with whom to spend two hours and, unfortunately, forget about them after ten minutes.
With Queens on the Run we are clear about it after five minutes: it only aims to entertain, following usual plots and with a hint of parody to American cinema and the classic road movies with women characters.
- 4/14/2023
- by Veronica Loop
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Director: Luis Estrada Writers: Luis Estrada, Jaime Sampietro Starring: Damián Alcázar, Joaquín Cosio, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Mauricio Isaac, María Rojo, Elizabeth Cervantes, Salvador Sánchez, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Jorge Zárate, Isela Vega, Kristyan Ferrer, Tenoch Huerta Benny Garcia (Damián Alcázar) moved to greener pastures -- the United States -- back when he was a teenager with hopes of becoming a successful Capitalist. Twenty years later he is deported back to Mexico -- presumably due to the increasingly xenophobic immigration policies in the U.S. Upon his return to his hometown, Bennie quickly discovers that a pair of feuding drug lords have taken over the region; his younger brother (Tenoch Huerta) and several of his closest friends have died as a result. Determined to remain on the straight and narrow, Benny begins working at his godfather's garage; but as soon as Benny falls for a gorgeous prostitute (Elizabeth Cervantes) -- the mother...
- 9/27/2011
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Formerly named the devilish El Infierno or The Hell, Lightning Entertainment has renamed this crime thriller to El Narco, aka The Drug Dealer. Recently completed, El Narco is a real heartwarming story of Benny (Damian Alcazar) and returning to his home town, in Mexico. In reality, his welcome involves gunfire, violence and his partially forced entry into the illicit drug export business. Here, events go from bad to worse and shortly, Benny is on the run from local authorities and into the deep pockets of the local crime lords.
El Narco was recently shown in Cannes 2011 (Lightning) and hopefully, good news will return from this locale, as a North American release date has not been announced so far. For now, watch the comedic, yet sinister hijinks of Benny and his criminal underlings in the exciting reel below.
The synopsis for El Narco is here:
"Drugs, guns, violence, death: Mexico today...
El Narco was recently shown in Cannes 2011 (Lightning) and hopefully, good news will return from this locale, as a North American release date has not been announced so far. For now, watch the comedic, yet sinister hijinks of Benny and his criminal underlings in the exciting reel below.
The synopsis for El Narco is here:
"Drugs, guns, violence, death: Mexico today...
- 5/17/2011
- by Remove28DaysLaterAnalysisThis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
It's Better if Gabriela Doesn't Die
AFI Fest
Spanish-language telenovelas, the Latin version of our TV soaps, have become a well-known phenomenon in this country since the enormous success of ABC's Ugly Betty, based on a Colombian TV hit. Mexican director Sergio Umansky and screenwriter Ricardo Hernandez Anzola bring a lot of sass to It's Better if Gabriela Doesn't Die, their comedy about a south-of-the-border version of As the World Turns. The film had its world premiere at AFI Fest, where it amused audiences, though it's ultimately too spotty and far-fetched to make much of a splash in U.S. theaters.
The film begins with an uneasy encounter between the two main characters. Miguel (Mauricio Isaac), a writer for a torrid telenovela titled Destiny of Love, is out joy riding and smoking pot with a few friends when he is pulled over by the cops. Things look dicey until Miguel tells the arresting officer his occupation. It turns out that Bracho (Dagoberto Gama), the portly middle-aged cop, is a huge fan of the series. He begs Miguel for an inside scoop, and Miguel tells him that Gabriela, the dragon lady on the show, will marry her paramour. Bracho lets the writer off and quickly regales his own family and drinking buddies with the advance tip. The only problem is that back on the set, Ana Victoria (Gabriela Roel), the actress who plays Gabriela, starts making unreasonable demands on the producers, and they decide to write the character off the show by giving her a fatal disease.
When Bracho watches a subsequent episode and learns of Gabriela's imminent demise, he loses face with friends and family. He decides to strong-arm Miguel to change the story line, but matters quickly spin out of control.
The film prompts comparisons to Tootsie, a classic backstage tour of soap operas, but the comparisons do not work to the new film's favor. For that matter, Gabriela isn't nearly as funny as Soapdish, a wacky 1991 satire with Sally Field and Kevin Kline. There are clever touches in Gabriela, but it needs a richer gallery of characters. An extra who stalks Miguel, hoping for a juicier role, is one of the few amusing characters in the ensemble. The head writer on the show, a mysterious figure named Abigail (Rene Casados), turns out to have a secret sexual history that is almost obligatory in these satirical soap operas, but the revelations fail to generate the anticipated comic sparks. In fact, the film turns more and more strained as it lurches toward its conclusion.
The acting is uneven. Gama gets maximum mileage out of the character of the dogged cop, but Isaac is rather flat as the hapless hero. Roel has the right hauteur to be cast as a small-screen villain, but the script doesn't take full advantage of her talents. Technical credits are adequate, though the film cries out for more visual panache. One goes in rooting for Gabriela and walks out feeling deflated.
IT'S BETTER IF GABRIELA DOESN'T DIE
Producciones Tercer Mundo
Credits:
Director-producer: Sergio Umansky
Screenwriter: Ricardo Hernandez Anzola
Executive producers: Maite Arguelles, Carlos Morales
Director of photography: Celiana Cardenas
Production designers: Monica Brand, Francisco Lopez
Music: Renaud Barbier
Costume designer: Maria Estela Fernandez
Editor: Max Chamberlain
Cast:
Miguel: Mauricio Isaac
Bracho: Dagoberto Gama
Ana Victoria/Gabriela: Gabriela Roel
Extra: Miguel Pizarro
Abigail: Rene Casados
Justino: Martin LaSalle
Aponte: Julio Casado
La Protagonista: Alejandra Barros
El Protagonista: Eduardo Santamarina
Running time -- 96 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Spanish-language telenovelas, the Latin version of our TV soaps, have become a well-known phenomenon in this country since the enormous success of ABC's Ugly Betty, based on a Colombian TV hit. Mexican director Sergio Umansky and screenwriter Ricardo Hernandez Anzola bring a lot of sass to It's Better if Gabriela Doesn't Die, their comedy about a south-of-the-border version of As the World Turns. The film had its world premiere at AFI Fest, where it amused audiences, though it's ultimately too spotty and far-fetched to make much of a splash in U.S. theaters.
The film begins with an uneasy encounter between the two main characters. Miguel (Mauricio Isaac), a writer for a torrid telenovela titled Destiny of Love, is out joy riding and smoking pot with a few friends when he is pulled over by the cops. Things look dicey until Miguel tells the arresting officer his occupation. It turns out that Bracho (Dagoberto Gama), the portly middle-aged cop, is a huge fan of the series. He begs Miguel for an inside scoop, and Miguel tells him that Gabriela, the dragon lady on the show, will marry her paramour. Bracho lets the writer off and quickly regales his own family and drinking buddies with the advance tip. The only problem is that back on the set, Ana Victoria (Gabriela Roel), the actress who plays Gabriela, starts making unreasonable demands on the producers, and they decide to write the character off the show by giving her a fatal disease.
When Bracho watches a subsequent episode and learns of Gabriela's imminent demise, he loses face with friends and family. He decides to strong-arm Miguel to change the story line, but matters quickly spin out of control.
The film prompts comparisons to Tootsie, a classic backstage tour of soap operas, but the comparisons do not work to the new film's favor. For that matter, Gabriela isn't nearly as funny as Soapdish, a wacky 1991 satire with Sally Field and Kevin Kline. There are clever touches in Gabriela, but it needs a richer gallery of characters. An extra who stalks Miguel, hoping for a juicier role, is one of the few amusing characters in the ensemble. The head writer on the show, a mysterious figure named Abigail (Rene Casados), turns out to have a secret sexual history that is almost obligatory in these satirical soap operas, but the revelations fail to generate the anticipated comic sparks. In fact, the film turns more and more strained as it lurches toward its conclusion.
The acting is uneven. Gama gets maximum mileage out of the character of the dogged cop, but Isaac is rather flat as the hapless hero. Roel has the right hauteur to be cast as a small-screen villain, but the script doesn't take full advantage of her talents. Technical credits are adequate, though the film cries out for more visual panache. One goes in rooting for Gabriela and walks out feeling deflated.
IT'S BETTER IF GABRIELA DOESN'T DIE
Producciones Tercer Mundo
Credits:
Director-producer: Sergio Umansky
Screenwriter: Ricardo Hernandez Anzola
Executive producers: Maite Arguelles, Carlos Morales
Director of photography: Celiana Cardenas
Production designers: Monica Brand, Francisco Lopez
Music: Renaud Barbier
Costume designer: Maria Estela Fernandez
Editor: Max Chamberlain
Cast:
Miguel: Mauricio Isaac
Bracho: Dagoberto Gama
Ana Victoria/Gabriela: Gabriela Roel
Extra: Miguel Pizarro
Abigail: Rene Casados
Justino: Martin LaSalle
Aponte: Julio Casado
La Protagonista: Alejandra Barros
El Protagonista: Eduardo Santamarina
Running time -- 96 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 11/7/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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