María Montez: La película

Celine's looked beautiful in this movie. Yes, it's low budget so it's doesn't have all the the perks the mega million dollars counterparts might have, but it told a story. One about dreamer from a small island. If it wasn't for movies like this we would miss many important stories that haven't gotten to the big leagues

. They are important and this one was interesting and did just that tell a story. One of how Maria gets out of Barahona. Her dad a divorcee from Spain, her mom from DR, and her mind in dreams of becoming an actress. Like all dreamers things don't go her way...but for the rest you have to watch it.

This is a low budget film that tries to depict the life of Maria Montez. The acting is wooden and amateurish, the camera work poor and the script a very childishly written one. The scenes appear to be vignettes from either oral history or someone's recollections, woven together to create a very weak tapestry for a story. It just does not engage. Maybe it does better with a "hometown" audience, but offers little in the way of global appeal. It's difficult to know whether this is based on well researched facts or just hearsay. The latter seems to be the more probable method! Woven into the badly written script is a little native culture that refers to Afro-Caribbean deities etc. It's just not a well made film!