One for the Road (2009) User Reviews (3)

Terrible film

[Anifer · 1/10 · 21 March 2010]

There are plenty of worthy Mexican films and this is not one of them. The director, producers and actors came up with a film that is racist, elitist and just plain awful. The people who worked on the movie did not mean to show this faults, which is worst because it just demonstrates how ignorant on culture the writers and director are. A plain example can be seen on the promotional pictures displayed on this web page. All of the characters have their names written on the ad, except for the poor bus driver who instead of having her name on the poster has the title "Driver." And this is the problem with the whole movie. The rich characters have little personality but worst of all the poor characters have none at all. The guy who steals can't help himself. When he tries to help out his rich friend he also robs him at the same time. The rich people want to be lawyers, economists and more, the poor people ambition is to drive a bus, try and become a waiter and just make it through the day.

The worst story in the movie is about a spoiled girl (She still lives at home with her parents even though she looks like 30) who is waiting on her dad for his surprise birthday party. She asks the cleaning lady's daughter to help her out on the decorations. When the poor girl replies that she has homework the spoiled 30-year-old whines and at the end commands her to help her out. While they're working on the cake and decorations the rich girl decides she is too tired to help out and commands the poor girl to take care of everything! And then we get a story of how they "bond" but in reality when the rich girl offers the poor girl alcohol and cigarettes and she replies "no", rich girl bullies her into trying both drugs. What a wonderful bond!

And the movie goes on like this, the rich people being the saviors of the poor. The poor people being plagued with bad habits like drinking, smoking pot and getting high on different drugs. The rich people are HONORABLE for getting to know the poor and the poor are just LUCKY to get to know the rich. Horrible, horrible, horrible. Save yourself the time and don't watch it, unless you want to study how NOT to make a film.

Well worthy of seeing !!!

[lapizz · 8/10 · 17 September 2010]

A brilliant film that takes you through a ride through the city at night and itches at your emotions along the way. You have characters exploring the city they live in outside their comfort zone and at times you find yourself screaming at them turn around and return to their norm. Yet, just like them, you want to experience the darker side a city like D.F has to offer not thinking about whether you will go on to enjoy it or not. For me this was a gripping film to watch with the paths of different lives crossing through one night, with some hilarious comedic moments linking them at times. Some similarities with the film Human Traffic about a wild night out in a big city, but heavily laden with the social divide set out right from the start with the fly over's of the city. Having said that, this is not a film to get burden down with by the glaring social divide that lies within this city. There is much more to this film and plenty to enjoy. The film doesn't need to highlight the type of society we live in. With regards to the previous post, if you are after that, there are plenty of documentaries or news channels for you to go and watch. The non-existent 'bonds' you refer to are in fact bonds of some degree between characters. These are not 'bonds' that will change any lives, in fact you can be pretty sure that most will return to their daily routines and put it down to 'that' night. And Mexico City will prepare itself for another Friday night full of more stories. And just as Angel put it perfectly at the end… "now f**k off."

Brilliant film and one that prompted me to write my 1st ever review. Another example of what Mexico has to offer the Cinema.

Another great foreign film i caught at cinequest!

[PersianPlaya408 · 8/10 · 5 March 2010]

This is a great story of 4 young men in Mexico on a random night out. Its interesting the things they come across and the turn the night takes, I don't really wish to give much a away, but think of it has a slightly less stylized Crash in Mexico City. I have to say the production values for this film were impressive, the look, the score and the editing were all very professional and not low-budget looking at all. The story and screenplay is also pretty interesting, and evokes some great emotion at times, although i do think that there could have been a bit more of a story there. The characters were very interesting, but if there was more going on, it would have been even better, though I'm not really complaining, because i enjoyed the film and thought it was still insightful the way it was.