48/10
At 50, Julián, divorced and with cash problems, uses a car-sharing app to travel to Madrid. He falls in love with Lorena, a regular passenger, and his problems begin when two strangers join them on a trip. Filmed at the Hotel Marqués de Riscal. Features Last Year at Marienbad (1961). Mr. Blue Sky, by Electric Light Orchestra. It’s a good idea, nothing original but not that bad either. The film starts well but then goes downhill from one unreal situation to another. Predictable and, most of the time, boring. Anyone who has seen “The Day of the Beast” by the same director will be very disappointed. It’s not at all clever. The situations are unreal, but not in the instant-classic funny style of the aforementioned film. On the contrary, everything is predictable and the gags happen endlessly, without any kind of planning. The lack of preparation and care in this product is so obvious. If you want to watch a Spanish movie, with a carpool story, try “Dime donde viajars”. It’s not a very good movie but at least, the story is more engaging and the main character more interesting. There is also a bit of mystery and some references to Spanish songs and popular culture. In this product, on the contrary, you can’t find any of that, bed scenes, love scenes, action scenes are mediocre. I give it a 5 because it’s worth watching but, the 1 hour 35 minutes seems to last forever, only one hour is enough to tell this story that leads nowhere.