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Roy J It's like Monsoon Wedding but a Mexican birthday...saddest birthday ever. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/14/24 Full Review Eye C Ufff… creo que no fue buena idea ver esta película en este momento… aunque también pienso que independientemente de cómo te vaya en tu vida, esto es muy deprimente. Ahora, esto está muy bien hecho y tiene mucha propuesta, sin embargo la forma en como está filmada es demasiado claustrofóbica. Lo que sí es un hecho es que la niña Naíma Sentíes ya se puede ir considerando como un tesoro nacional y la directora Lila Aviles, abra que seguir su carrera de cerca, esperando que haga cosas más alegres y menos oscuras. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/24/25 Full Review Wayne M Totem is a beautiful gem of a film. It's small in scope but enormous in heart, passion and human empathy. Set over one day it marks director Lila Aviles as a talent of great significance and promise. The film takes place in Mexico, mostly in one house setting. Seven year old Sol is being taken to her grandfather's house to celebrate the birthday of her father, Tona. Sadly Tona is critically ill and as the film goes on we get the feleing his days are numbered. The first half of the film is mainly an observance of the work being done by Sol's aunts as they frantically prepare for everything that needs to be done for the party. Sol is wide eyed and smart and takes it all in. The second half shows the party and the many friends who gather to celebrate Tona. It's a joyous occasion but one that is also bittersweet. There is not much plot here, but this superb film does a great job at the showing the joys and pains of life and the vital human connections we share. It's a cast probably not well known, but they do a superb job in a truly wonderful film. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/30/24 Full Review Alec B It captures certain messy and frantic family dynamics well but it doesn't add up to much more than "family is complicated and death it hard". Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/15/24 Full Review dave d I enjoyed the first film Lila Avilés gave us, but this one didn't connect for whatever reason. We're looking at the world through a kids eyes, but why do I care about the characters and why is so little told to us about each one. The sense of gloom wasn't enough to bridge the gap of why I should be caring about these people. Frustrating, in large part, due to the way the film pulls together well at the end. Didn't understand the last few shots and perhaps I didn't get the Mexican Feature either! Final Score: 5/10 Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/25/24 Full Review Jorge C Lamentablemente, tengo muy malos recuerdos de las fiestas familiares en casa de los abuelos cuando era niño. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/14/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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