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Thursday, July 17, 2014

Spanish Film to Miss: Instructions Not Included (2013)

Spanish Film: Instructions Not Included (2013) 



Sleazebag Valentin Bravo spends his entire life sleeping around with women, not even bothering to learn the tourists' names who visit Acapulco. Then one day one of them returns, a baby in tow. Julie hands Valentin the baby, telling him she just needs to pay the cab fare, but she never returns. Valentin takes the baby Maggie to California in an attempt to locate the baby's mother. Maggie crawls into a pool while Valentin is asking around for Julie, and he jumps 10 stories down to rescue the baby. A movie director just happens to watch the jump, and Valentin is hired as a stuntman. Fast-forward six years, and Valentin is a devoted, doting father, spoiling his daughter with every pleasure possible. Suddenly the birth mother Julie shows up, wanting to meet and subsequently fight for custody of Maggie. Who will end up with Maggie?

*I didn't like this film, especially the beginning when it shows just how gross this man is sleeping around so much. I understand it was to help illustrate just how much Maggie changed him, but I don't think his change was evident enough. I also HATED the ending, but some people like sad endings, so there you go. I will NOT watch this again.*

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