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.

Overdone plot, the dialogue is the worst thing about this movie. Insipid, forced, unnatural, adds nothing to the movie, explains plot points as if its plot was convoluted or complex. The movie could have been a silent film and it would have been an improvement. Clichés abound in this movie and it seems it was shot and directed by a someone who has had experience only shooting medical commercials and a couple of music videos-- the look is sterile, the shots by-the-book, kinda boring, bland. Aislinn Derbez does what she can with what she was given. She's a looker, alright, gorgeous eyes. But acting, in general, in this movie is wooden and a bit cringe-worthy at times. There's little chemistry between the two main characters. Emphasis was placed on actors looking gorgeous and flawless (even when "crying"). The writer/s seemed to not know how to develop a story like this. Characters stay two- dimensional throughout the movie and their actions and reactions are inconsistent. I think that there are other better chick flicks you can invest your time watching. Not the worst movie ever, but it's not very good.

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.