A la mala

I saw this Spanish language film with English subtitles yesterday with four other people. All of us rated this as a good film, and only three of five of us spoke Spanish, so I think anyone could enjoy the movie, even if one had to read the subtitles, which were very clear.

As the film begins, it seems like a typical romantic comedy, and maybe it ultimately is, but the actors, the direction, the camera work, and the soundtrack combine to carry the film's all too familiar plot. Especially good are the lead actress herself(Aislinn Derbez)and the music soundtrack.

I do wish there would have been more scenes that made the viewer aware that the film was taking place in its supposed setting, México City. There were a few shots, but the film almost gave the impression that it was taking place in the U.S., it looked so clean. But that is a minor detail.

So overall, "A la Mala" is a solid romantic comedy from México. Check it out.

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!

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.

Has no substance, unfunny. Dialog and scenarios are unconvincing. Wife and I stopped watching after only 30 minutes.