A good movie

I always had a weak spot for Salma Hayek. I mean, not only she still look gorgeous at almost 50 years old but I always thought that there was something intriguing about this actress. Still, honestly, she usually ends up playing the bimbo in some rather forgettable features and it is not very often that she gets something more substantial to chew on. At some point, she decided to take care of this on her own and got involved in this project which resulted in an Academy award acting nomination. Even though I have never really cared for true life stories, I have always been interested in biographical features about artists and, in this case, I was rather oblivious about Frida Kahlo so it was pretty neat to get acquainted with her. There was a also a pretty nice cast (Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Antonio Banderas, Valeria Golino, Diego Luna, Edward Norton, Saffron Burrows, Ashley Judd ) and they all delivered some fine performances. Still, somehow, I wasn’t really blown away by the whole thing. I don’t know exactly why, I mean, Frida Kahlo was a really intriguing woman, maybe it has to do with the fact that I’m not a huge fan of her Art (I actually prefer Diego Rivera’s work). Still, even though it wasn’t really amazing, it remains an interesting biographical feature and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Frida Kahlo.

7/10