A la mala

I don't understand why the bad reviews, it's a rom com, if you expected something worthy of an Oscar or similar I'm sorry to tell you that this is not the right place for it. I was born in Mexico City and lived there 17 years, which is the place in which the movie takes place, and I truly believe that in order to really enjoy and understand the movie you should have some knowledge about Mexico City and its people, as well you may need to know Spanish, because that's one of the good things about the movie, the way of speaking and the use of certain vocabulary, which is way more extensive than English, I saw the subtitles in English and believe me when I say that it's not the same, some jokes and expression get lost in the translation among other things.

Is it the most original movie? Certainly not, but still is really enjoyable, chemistry and performances were nice.

I've watched this movie twice and I would still watch it all over again.

I am beginning to worry about Mexico, no, not talking about migrants, drugs, corruption, poverty, but its TV and film industry. Even worse than Bollywood, it seems to also offer little in terms of creative thoughtful storytelling as well as the acting to go along with it. This entertainment is just another form of their obsessively popular beauty pageants and wealth & image displaying Catholic Institutions just to pick two parallel examples. More of the same romance laced, peacock parading, monied caricatured themes pervasive in their TV & film. In other words this film, surprise surprise, had beautiful women, attractive males both displaying above average wealth and all playing the romantic hook up games with subsequent betrayals, dust-ups. The plot? An attractive female is hired by her friends, and through word of mouth & social media, others to entice their prospective mates into betrayal in order to test their commitment. Of course things go awry when one of those guy dogs actually loves (yes, it shows up) her.

I wasn't really expecting a lot from this movie, because let's face it, one thing that Mexican comedy/romance films don't have is originality. With US chick flick wannabe "Cásese Quien Pueda", one of the worst films from last year, I didn't had high expectations from "A La Mala", starred by Aislinn Derbez, daughter of one of the most famous comedians from Mexico, Eugenio Derbez.

The plot, which is pretty original for Mexican movies, it manages to keep entertained the audience from beginning to end, showing us a little bit of comedy (if you are Mexican, you know there's a lot of cursing, which guarantees a lot of laughs during the whole movie) and drama. But at the middle of the movie, you know exactly how it's going to end. We have seen these kind of endings in Mexican movies and shows that they don't have the "Wow" factor anymore. But I was happy with how this expected ending was executed, it was funny, and dramatic at the same time. The cinematography is also amazing.

The movie also shows us a lesson learned for Mala, and you leave the theater feeling happy and joyful. After you watch the movie, you forget she's Eugenio's daughter. Aislinn is a charismatic actress that shines on her own during the whole movie, she's a talented actress with a huge future waiting for her. She's not like "a famous comedian's daughter that got a leading role because of that", she's really an amazing actress, and it seems that she earned the role and that she embodied Mala pretty nicely. Overall, this movie is an great comedy to watch with your family or your loved one, it's nothing we haven't seen before, but you'll enjoy the movie anyway. You won't want to miss it!

This is a mixture of Hitch, The Ugly Truth and She's the Man. It's endearing and adorable with a great cast.

Ala Mala (Maria Laura) is any woman out there trying to outsmart her heart and losing.

Mauricio Ochmann aka Santiago deserved a lot more character development. It's started good but I guess Aislinn's character is the focus.

So many of these actors are highly acclaimed Hispanic and Mexican stars that I enjoy watching.

P.S. If you liked Ochmann's character and think about how he would look a little badass try El Senior de los Cielos or El Chema. He's AMAZING!

Cliche after cliche... only exaggerated, and weird. Is this a Mexican movie? Looks like a copy of a bad american one... should have done it in English at least.

All men are this way and all women this other way? And everybody so arrogant? Who are these people? A walk around Hollywood and you get a better sense of being in a real place.

Impossible to identify with any situation or character. They found only the whitest looking "actors" around 30, rid of absolutely everybody else, of every possibly interesting character -- and of any spec of reality.

I could not even finish watching it. Gave it 3 stars because they probably wrote an screenplay, used more than one camera, and lots of makeup.