I loved it! Saw some reviews and thought I wouldn't watch it, but my wife and I decided to give it a try. Wow, glad we did, we enjoyed it to the end.
To those who "didn't get it" all I have to say is, travel abroad, but learn some of those other countries cultures before criticizing their films. Apparently there is a lack of external cultural understanding in the USA, so before you criticize a movie without understanding other countries customs you may want to think twice or more before posting a review.
The movie is mostly subtitled and there's a lot lost in translation, mainly, customs, idioms, traditions, etc., that would clarify much of what non-Spanish speakers did not understand. We're from Central America, and Spanish culture is different from ours, but the advantage of speaking Spanish, and having grown up watching movies from Spain helped us enjoy this film greatly. Maybe I should have rated it a 9, but for those non-Spanish speakers I left it as 8, for their sake.
To those who "didn't get it" all I have to say is, travel abroad, but learn some of those other countries cultures before criticizing their films. Apparently there is a lack of external cultural understanding in the USA, so before you criticize a movie without understanding other countries customs you may want to think twice or more before posting a review.
The movie is mostly subtitled and there's a lot lost in translation, mainly, customs, idioms, traditions, etc., that would clarify much of what non-Spanish speakers did not understand. We're from Central America, and Spanish culture is different from ours, but the advantage of speaking Spanish, and having grown up watching movies from Spain helped us enjoy this film greatly. Maybe I should have rated it a 9, but for those non-Spanish speakers I left it as 8, for their sake.