Igualzinha a Mim

IGUALITA A MI ('Just Like Me') is currently on the Video on Demand cycle of the television screens and soon will be picked up by Amazon Video on Demand. It is a fairly well done 'family comedy' that is full of clichés but the cast seems to be enjoying it so the audience does too. Written by star Adrián Suar assisted by Juan Vera, Daniel Cúparo and Mariano Vera and directed very casually by Diego Kaplan the story is a much used one placed in contemporary situations.

Freddy (Adrián Suar) is a single man in his early forties who plays the field by keeping himself young in appearance (it seems he spends much of his time having his hair dyed by his close friend who finds him attractive) and spending his nights in the clubs dancing with young women. He is in a semi-professional business with his brother converting apartments to condos at the expense of the tenants. All goes fairly well until he meets a young 23 year girl Aylin (Florencia Bertotti) who has traveled from the provinces to search for her birth father whom she (an her mother) don't know. Aylin has narrowed the field to three an of course Freddy is her long lost father (Freddy was completely unaware of having a child). The relationship is confirmed by DNA tests and at the same time Aylin discovers she is pregnant! From there the story is one of Freddy's gradual taking on the role of being Aylin's father and a soon to be grandfather. Conflicts arise on both sides of the family - Freddy's parents meet Aylin and encourage becoming great grandparents while Ailyn's gross mother and her loser boyfriend turn up to muddy the waters. How the story plays out is predictable, especially in the way Freddy manages to take a new view of his Casanova life style but still allows some 'Awwwww' feelings in the end. This is a simple story, simply made and is not a bad evening's 'feel good' movie'.

Grady Harp