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      Bad Habits

      R 2007 1h 43m Drama List
      Reviews 71% 500+ Ratings Audience Score Mathilde (Jimena Ayala), a zealous nun who frequently fasts, believes her sacrifice will prevent natural disasters. She shares her religious passion and philosophy with chubby Linda (Elisa Vicedo), a young girl preparing for her first Holy Communion while refusing dieting advice from her very thin, exercise-obsessed mother (Elena de Haro). Though her mother believes she's nearing perfection, her father (Marco Antonio Treviño) has fallen for a woman with wider curves and ample love handles. Read More Read Less

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      Lisa Nesselson Variety Thinking man's horror story should have a tasty future. May 23, 2007 Full Review Laura Hiros Rincón de cine Taboo topics in a society where "appearance is what counts" is what [director Simn] Bross is all about in a concise, difficult testimony that leaves little to the imagination. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 4/5 Mar 22, 2018 Full Review Tony Macklin Las Vegas Weekly In Bad Habits (Malos Habitos), a reporter on TV says, "Mexico is drowning." It rains relentlessly throughout the film, creating a mood of gloom and helplessness. The characters are also drowning, emotionally and psychologically, in this vivi Rated: 3.0/5 Feb 2, 2009 Full Review Victoria Alexander FilmsInReview.com Another great Mexican director, with a personal vision, emerges. Jun 9, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Noir it is, but surprisingly impressive. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Question: Why is Bad Habits one of those artroom movies you don't want to see? Answer: It is really bad. Or, to be less concise, the movie has all the mannerisms of an art movie, but lacks the content. With detailed shots of all kinds of delicacies, the film succeeds in making us hungry, and consecutively, the shallowness of its characters makes us equally hungry for a better script. The central fault of the film is that it all comes from above - the storylines are all cerebrally designed to focus on food. In an annoying meddle, the film combines an anorexic wife, a chubby daughter who hides sweets in kangaroo pouches, an adultering husband who loves to eat (various things) in bed, a nun who eats trash and another nun who revels in gluttony. Being defined by food, the characters are painfully two-dimensional, and the potential of the only interesting story (anorexia and family decay) is underdeveloped. Thus, when a riddle appears at one point (why the hell are drainage pipes leaking?), one instinctively knows that even this answer must be related to food. Indeed, it is. To list more of script's faults, the film's constant tempo is definitely a problem. Bad Habits feels considerably longer than its hour and a half, and the viewer drowns in unremitting rain and bluish palette of the scenes. I felt a twang of pity for the person who had to edit that material in postproduction. Among other faults, I also have to mention the confusing and superfluous storyline about nun martyrdom; the sudden sickness of husband's mistress (an overt device for solving the riddle); and the general failure to produce an emotional impact (apart from a gruesome IV scene). Still, acting and casting were well-handled and the anorexic mother made a very believable impression of having a mental disease. Cinematography should be praised as well, the film offers many interesting shots. However, the film ultimately fails as a whole. Not even the occassional spark of brilliance in the script (daughter's inventive use of medicine) can enliven the film enough to save it from its artificial script. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Not many movies can have food as their main subject, and bad habits is all about food! Yes, there is rains too... that aren't enough to wash away the sins of overeating and under-eating... Well executed movie, precise, well-cast debut from director Simon Bross. A lot of irony with well balanced humour mixed with different attitudes toward indulgence and deprivation. Watch it... Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member this movie was scary, horrifying actually, because at times it resembled reality too much. People's unhealthy relationships with food are one of the scariest, and so hurtful when imposed on children. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Una película como ninguna otra, siendo que mezcla una temática social con problemas psicológicos relacionados con la comida. Sin duda una trama muy original que a medida que va avanzando se vuelve cada vez más y más interesante, sin duda una joya del cine mexicano y latinoamericano en general. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Very strong and very dramatic. It doesn't have all the special effects and amazing action scenes and all that nonsense, what it has is plenty of the human conditon- the need to be liked, accepted, loved, faithful, devoted, pure; all types of human emotion rolled into one. Excellent film. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Mathilde (Jimena Ayala), a zealous nun who frequently fasts, believes her sacrifice will prevent natural disasters. She shares her religious passion and philosophy with chubby Linda (Elisa Vicedo), a young girl preparing for her first Holy Communion while refusing dieting advice from her very thin, exercise-obsessed mother (Elena de Haro). Though her mother believes she's nearing perfection, her father (Marco Antonio Treviño) has fallen for a woman with wider curves and ample love handles.
      Director
      Simón Bross
      Screenwriter
      Ernesto Anaya, Simón Bross
      Rating
      R (Sexuality|Nudity|Brief Language)
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      Spanish
      Release Date (DVD)
      Aug 4, 2009
      Runtime
      1h 43m
      Sound Mix
      Dolby