http://filmandfelt.com/musings/?p=2857 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:46:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://filmandfelt.com/musings/?p=2857&cpage=1#comment-3851 A Better Life: Critical Reactions and Narrative Conventions « Grace as a Tree Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:35:14 +0000 http://filmandfelt.com/musings/?p=2857#comment-3851 [...] Most abruptly: “Each sequence plays out in mind-numbingly cliched fashion: father-son lectures, chin-up resilience—especially the final shot—and a stern message about the heartless anti-immigration movement are depicted in an infuriatingly shallow manner. Such an important topic deserves a bit of delicacy, not a made-for-Lifetime approach.” -Film and Felt [...]

]]> http://filmandfelt.com/musings/?p=2857&cpage=1#comment-3642 Bergman Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:16:27 +0000 http://filmandfelt.com/musings/?p=2857#comment-3642 The review is a bit harsh, but the film was mediocre, with only the decent part being the acting of the lead. 2/5. Give it 3/5 if you are a racist Mexican or self-hating white.

]]> http://filmandfelt.com/musings/?p=2857&cpage=1#comment-3618 Ingrid Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:40:05 +0000 http://filmandfelt.com/musings/?p=2857#comment-3618 sorry to be so brief but your review sucks. See this movie. It is not fabulous, but very good, with solid acting. You will not have wasted your time.

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