An average movie

Carlos Reygadas is one of those directors which I find really intriguing, even though I don't really like their movies (Kim Ki-Duk is also one of those). This was his directing debut and it gave lots of food for thought. First of all, Reygadas has a really nice directing style, something in between Terrence Malick and David Lynch, and very often his shots are very beautiful to look at. Pretty much like Malick, you never get to know the characters and there is not much plot whatsoever. Eventually, his movie are more like a sensorial experience. Indeed, the goal, I think at least, is that you feel something while watching, traditional narrative conventions don't really matter and, as such, there is something really spellbinding about the whole thing. There is also always at least one or two really shocking scenes in his movies (just check the first 30 seconds of his directing follow up 'Batalla en el cielo'...) and, this time, at the end, if I recall correctly, there is an almost graphic scene of the main character having sex with a very old woman. Honestly, I'm not a prude, I don't really mind such scenes at all but, in the case of Reygadas, I really wonder what is the purpose of those scenes? What is he trying to achieve? Still, like I mentioned before, even though this movie and his work intrigues me, I can't say I really enjoy it though. First of all, especially with this flick, the pacing is really terrible and the whole thing is really but really slow. Furthermore, you spend 2 hours with a guy who wanders without a clear purpose, you never get to know him or what he exactly wants or thinks and, as a result, the whole thing feels rather pointless and frankly very often plain boring. To conclude, even though I can't say I really enjoyed this flick, I still think it is worth a look though especially if you are interested in the genre.

6/10