El colombian dream

This is a Terrible movie, in almost every aspect, murky cinematography, sloppy special effects, and cheap sets, the argument it's full of gaps, flat, slow and predictable, and the direction it's Kind of ED WOOD in a LSD trip... It's a Colombian movie, and one of the main lines is: It's better to born in Colombia than be dead....Great, it's also very patriot.

It's Just another movie about Colombians and drugs...from a very drugged point of view.

125 lost minutes in my life, and 125 millions of dead brain cells... don't waste your time, nor your brain by watching this...

Colombian dream is probably the best Colombian movie ever done, especially Felipe Aljure's wonderful direction and very original screenplay makes this movie a must if you want to know about new styles and concepts about Colombian movie. Since Maria Full of Grace which was released in 2003 but being half Colombian half American I haven't seen a so well done Colombian story. This movie is far apart of the way other directors tell a story about drugs and social problems that are part of the costumbrism and black movie style made in Colombia's cinematography but which is also part of Colombia's reality. Even though the young leading actors still have a lot to learn the movie has extraordinary supporting actors and also very good film editing and sound editing.

Soooo NOT "another attempt to exploit the cliché of what Colombia is not." I have seen Colombian movies, and most of them do fit perfectly into that description, but this movie is different. It shows a new format in Colombian films, the story is fresh even though it does deal with drugs, and the conflicts of the characters are perfectly plotted and put together into a delightful, artistic movie. Don't think "Mary full of grace" is all Colombia has to offer. This movie is full of wit, and was cleverly written and filmed. One of my top ten. Oh, and if you're into Colombian movies, you have to watch "La Estrategia del Caracol." That's a classic and is also very, very good.

This movie is a rare gem. All of the shots are completely hyper-kinetic, which eliminates the possibility of emphasis or accent on any of the films (convoluted and yet, ironically predictable) events. It works out as a collection of tenuously related 2 minute music videos in which character development and plot are almost non existent. The director, who is a very good director, as he showed in his last film "La gente de la Universal", decide to show of his 12 plus years of producing TV commercials in detriment of any sort of narrative criteria. Its overlong, overwritten and I have no idea what the deal is with having an aborted child narrating it. Its Fax meaning at its best, a whole mess of sound and fury signifying nothing.

I'm not complaining or anything. sometimes i love to eat a bunch of chocolate, until i feel sick. a friend of mine referred to this movie this way, and i just felt he completely hit the point. It has like a thousand protagonists, and a thousand story-lines and uses a thousand of cinematographic tools... and in the end, there is not a protagonist nor a storyline nor a visual language. just like eating too much chocolate, still you won't regret about doing so. Must see... i guess not like it's for everybody. Characters, through a lot, are well developed, and kind on funny. the only real complain i have about this movie is that the whole baby thing, doesn't make sense at all... you'll see why.