Pantaleon y las visitadores (1999)
Low-key comedy starts off wonderfully, taking a droll look at a straight-laced captain put in charge of a prostitute brigade. As long as it sticks to the nuts and bolts of that operation, it's quite amusing and surprisingly controlled (an American version of this plot would veer into overbaked farce the first chance it got). But as the scenario grows more cynical, it tilts more towards melodrama and becomes less interesting. The end result is a misfire that could have been something great; I imagine that the source novel by Mario Vargas Llosa is a sight better. Angie Cepeda, while not a great actress, is in the running for Best Nude Scene of 2003 (the film only saw an NYC release this February).
Grade: C+
Low-key comedy starts off wonderfully, taking a droll look at a straight-laced captain put in charge of a prostitute brigade. As long as it sticks to the nuts and bolts of that operation, it's quite amusing and surprisingly controlled (an American version of this plot would veer into overbaked farce the first chance it got). But as the scenario grows more cynical, it tilts more towards melodrama and becomes less interesting. The end result is a misfire that could have been something great; I imagine that the source novel by Mario Vargas Llosa is a sight better. Angie Cepeda, while not a great actress, is in the running for Best Nude Scene of 2003 (the film only saw an NYC release this February).
Grade: C+
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