Corazón de melón

Definitely one of the worst Mexican movies in the late years. Its the first movie of an director who doesn't know the genre he is working on. An absolute lack of rhythm and true comedy. The events come very easily and fast one after another. the writer fails to make us care about the relation between a young fat girl (and not charismatic) who lies every time and a man who seems to acept her no matter what. we never know why the characters do what they doing at all. why he loves her?, why her friend helps her and makes a unbelievable plan? why his dad trows his cell to the water? big questions that only the creators know. The acting is terrible, in fact thers no direction on actors who mostly come from TV, particularly the leading roles have simply no chemistry between them. Ludwika Paleta is interesting in a unexpected role as the villain but the director's unability makes her look ridiculous in the movie's climax. In the end is only a Mexican Hollywood-wanna-be comedy that simply fails for missing the most important thing; make audience laugh and care about the characters.

It is expected for a movie to have a minimal level of story, characters, acting, technical aspects or even a point. This one fails to comply all of these. It was good to know that "Corazon de Melón" was classified under COMEDY because I knew then I was supposed to laugh. When you are watching it you are not sure if this is supposed to be a drama, a fantasy, a comedy (far too lame, anyway). I've seen these actors doing much better in other stories.

Movies like these are the reason why Mexican cinema was dead for so many years. But this makes me appreciate more to del Toro, Iñarritu and Cuaron (and others still rising) who are REALLY trying (and succeeding) to make movies.

This is one of those movies that raises high expectations and then lets you terribly, terribly down. Unluckily, the acting is very poor and the characters just seem to get lost in terrible dialogues. Sometimes it seems like the actors are just reading their lines, thus resulting in a terrible lack of credibility that makes the story sink lower and lower as the movie continues. And its such a shame, because everything seemed to point to a very successful and enjoyable comedy. The acting, especially that of the of the younger actresses is below average (especially Christina Pastor -awful- and Aldonza Velez), and the talents of experienced people like Jose Alonso and Patricio Castillo go unnoticed in small roles. Having a nice, funny and sensitive story, the director misses a lot of opportunities to build on the plot, ending in a lousy, predictable and mediocre TV soap-opera style instead.

Delicious Mexican movie about a fat girl with a big hart that falls in love with a Mexican chef. Beautiful colors and delicious recipes, you and your stomach will enjoy this movie