lunabar

This is a horrible movie in an of itself, but the fact that it is trying to be "One Night at the Roxbury" in Spain makes it even worse. Foreign films have always stood out for me, basically because they are daring and brave. Spanish films in particular have always left me with a very positive feel, but this is the lamest thing ever produced.

At times it feels like it's Dumb and Dumber without the charisma of Jim Carrey, but mostly it's a remake of a Night at the Roxbury only dumber. A particularly stupid scene consists of the two lead characters sitting at a Ski Resort, one tells the other one to turn around so that he can slap him and then they both laugh like morons. This happens at least four times without a real rhyme or reason.

As one of the other comments states, the music is the only worthwhile element...although I have to disagree with him ... Mecano is NOT a mythical band...it is one of the best Bands from Spain. Overall this is unbearably bad -- Skip it at all cost.

I enjoy foreign films, precisely because they tend to be fresh and innovative. This mess of a film is trying too hard to imitate the fluff screwball comedies that Hollywood puts out and does a very bad job at it. The characters are one dimensional, caricatures of real humans and the premise lacks credibility. That wouldn't be too bad if it were entertaining, which this film is not. The actors did what they could given the material, unfortunately they are never able to give pathos to their characters.

When watching this film you will have the sense that you have seen it before, it borrows imagery from an array of Hollywood offerings from "Look who's talking" to "The Big Chill". Unfortunately for Apasionados, it lacks the passion of the Hollywood versions on every level.