El Celo (Presence Of Mind)

Customer Reviews:

Yes! Good!.......2004-09-14

I saw this is a very unpopular movie..as I bought it in the $5 bin at the electronics store. I watched it and saw it was actually pretty good. I can see why a lot of people don't like it, because it can be very confusing and misleading at times, but I thought it is very suspensful and fun. :)

Please do NOT waste your time!.......2004-07-10

I bought it. I watched it. I threw it in the trash.

Don't Waste Your Money.......2004-06-01

I bought this movie (cheap) because I like Keitel and period movies, but I was disappointed. The scenery was pretty, but the movie was not enjoyable. The music was the only thing that gave the film any feeling of suspense. I will not watch it again.

Very Disappointing.......2004-03-29

I have long been a fan or Harvey Keitel since I saw the movie, "The Duellist". Since Harvey Keitel was only in the movie for a few minutes (maybe) in the beginning, it was very misleading for his name to be the headliner. Being a big fan of ghost stories, this was the worst. This was a movie with no story or plot. Don't waste your money.

A splendid attempt.......2004-01-07

A splendid retelling of the Henry James classic ghost story `The Turn of the Screw' featuring Sadie Frost, Lauren Bacall and a brief appearance by Harvey Keitel. Set in a sun bleached Spanish location the story concerns a governess who comes to a rambling old mansion to care for two siblings who may or may not be possessed by the spirits of two servants previously employed at the house. It's for the viewer to ultimately decide whether the spirits exist externally or are demons in the haunted mind of the sexually repressed governess.

The photography is luminous and the sets and costumes brilliant. Lauren Bacall's performance is thoughtful and restrained while the children steal the show by being convincingly sinister while exuding childish innocence. The main weakness is a plot that relies on nothing more than a few brief ghostly apparitions accompanied by spooky sound affects. Most of the horror takes place off screen and `things that go bump in the night' - and the day - may not be enough to frighten contemporary audiences.

Another weakness is Sadie Frost's portrayal of the governess: her acting is unconvincing and at times her hysterics border on the amateur. But she's too well supported by the other cast members to harm the film and the production values are so high that `Presence of Mind' is a pleasure to look at and spend a relaxing ninety minutes being lulled into a different world of sunshine and shadows and the possibility that ghost appear in daylight too.

Product Description

Un clasico del cine de Luis Bunuel. "El" no solo es el retrato alegorico del machismo mexicano, es tambien una cronica e la paranoia de un hombre y de como la pasion acaba con su razonamiento.

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