AZULINDIGO 2002-01-22
0 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
The story could have been good, the way it spilled to many other pointless stories is a waste of film and time.
The actors are very good, and seem to be caught in a story line that was made to be too complicated and over dramatized, just like a soap opera with endless plots that go no where.
The writer/director failed to clearly represent the "chicano" (mexican-american) culture, failed to show us Carlos transition from living in mexico (which is extremly conservative) with his grandparents to LA, to a hispanic community in a different country.
The focus is on the exploitation of the stereotypical "mexican", the poor uneducated unsophisticated mexican boy "abused" by his own family, by the american starand prejudice and everyone elses priorities, which unable him to reach his dreams.
This movie tried to shake the audience being aggressive, crude, cliche and with no substance, it is a very poor and unispiring image on the mexican- americans and the americans themselves.
The use of the comedian "cantinflas" to link the characters to their mexican roots is poorly done, and has no relevance to the film nor the characters and what they purue for themselves which is the "american dream".
Poor use of very good actors, whos american dream will not be reached through this movie.
