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This movie has a great joke. With the book "The Origin of the Family and Private Property" by Engels in his hands, Ricardo Darin's character exclaims: "They need to make a film of this book!". In fact, all the "porteño humor" in the film is very good. The use of "lunfardo", the typical Buenos Aires slang, gives the film a characteristic humor that delights those who, like me, had the pleasure of living in Buenos Aires for a while. The main couple gives a show of interpretation, taking advantage of the excellent dialogues. It's not a classic, it doesn't have the depth of a Bergman, but it entertains and entertains with intelligence and humour. It's worth the ticket!

The subject has been covered in al least a dozen recent films, both as comedy, drama or a combination of both (e. g. Things to Come with Isabelle Huppert, 2016). There is nothing in this movie that justifies one more try. The setting is imitation Hollywood. The script has moments of wit, but it is frequently boring, derivative and pretentious. Clichés abound, as in the the scene where Marcos teaches a class on Latin American literature. Some characters, such as those played by Juan Minujin and Andrea Politti are entirely built of clichés. Sense of humor is conspicuous by its absence.

To crown all, we are regaled with sappy songs in three languages.

Ricardo Darín and Mercedes Morán are good actors but struggle with a script that gives them few chances for real acting; also, the characters they play have not much charisma or many redeeming features.

The film is way too long for the subject; it needs cutting of inessential dialogue. On the positive side, production values are high (as typical in Argentine movies).

The film is too long , full of cliches, bad humor , no chemistry between the lead actors and so so predictable! We know from the beginning of the film how it's going to end .

Not for anybody, it is for 30+ people. Funny and aspirational

A romantic comedy has a lot of cliches, that's the case in almost every film like this. But for local audience, in Argentina, this film has very good reception because we love these two actors and because we talk like they do. The conversations are sooo long, it made me wonder how would an audience from another country feel about this. I enjoyed the film. Not "the greatest" but it is rather good, has charm, excellent acting, dialogues and music. and they are supported by a magnificent cast.