An average movie

Like many other actors, Andy Garcia decided he should direct his own movie and, apparently, it was a labor of love that took him 16 years to make. Unfortunately, it wasn’t really good, I’m afraid. I mean, it wasn’t really bad either, but it was such an ambitious project that could have worked only with a seasoned director, at least, that’s my opinion. Basically, it is a love letter about Cuba before the revolution and, even though it looked really good, it wasn't really impressive. For example, Andy Garcia put too many dance scenes. A couple of them at the beginning would have been enough to establish the scenery but, instead, they pop-up rather randomly every 5 minutes. Then, there was Bill Murray who was being… himself pretty much, portraying an enigmatic character who supposedly seemed to be here to lighten up the proceedings but he didn’t really fit in the movie. Finally, there was a rather half-baked romance involving the main character (also played by Garcia) and the wife of his deceased brother. It gave the feeling that all the political and family drama was not enough so they had to add an obligatory romance. To conclude, even though the whole thing was too long and a failure, I still think it was pretty neat that Andy Garcia managed to make this homage to the old Cuba and I think it is worth a look.

6/10