Cute but flawed
Rom-com set in Seville about an American student coming to Spain on some exchange program and gets placed in a working class home instead of some high class, golf-playing rich cliche family. The poor family is not what he expected but they are all very honest, down to earth and unintentionally funny. And as the story goes, he falls in love and all the other tropes we've seen many times before.
For me personally, the biggest issue is that lead actor can not, in any way, be perceived as a born American (and from Brooklyn nontheless) since he barely speaks English language. He, and his soon to be ex, girlfriend have trouble talking in what should be their native tongue.
The story itself is nothing new, with some laughs here and there. The main family is funny and came accross as very likeable but most of the other characters are annoying - especially the lead actor.
I watched this at a festival of spanish film but was a bit dissapointed
5 out of 10.
For me personally, the biggest issue is that lead actor can not, in any way, be perceived as a born American (and from Brooklyn nontheless) since he barely speaks English language. He, and his soon to be ex, girlfriend have trouble talking in what should be their native tongue.
The story itself is nothing new, with some laughs here and there. The main family is funny and came accross as very likeable but most of the other characters are annoying - especially the lead actor.
I watched this at a festival of spanish film but was a bit dissapointed
5 out of 10.
- jasha89
- Jun 3, 2022