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Bagdad Café or Out Of Rosenheim: This is a good indie movie. It has a simple screenplay, with decent characters, beautiful relationships and a lot of metaphorical meanings. I really enjoyed the acting, with Marjanne Sagerbrescht and CCH Pounder portraying opposites beautifully. The direction is excellent: it manges to show many emotions and a subtle morale without much dialog. The cinematography is also beautiful, as is the theme song. Its flaws are a slow beginning and a cheesy ending, but between those there are big amounts of humanity and friedship. You will find yourself charmed and amused by these characters and all their beauty!

Proof: This is based in a play and it notices. It has few, but well-developed characters , it focuses on dialog, which is intelligent here, and it's very involving. It tackles an interesting issue-madness and genius- with a lot of emotion. The acting really carries this movie: Gwyneth Paltrow is fantastic here, fully embodying her character (remarkable delivery of dialog and chamaleonic body language), making Catherine and her struggles human, Hope Davis does her usual great supporting role, Anthony Hopkins is charismatic and Jake Gyllenhaal is impossibly cute. The direction was just about average: the time jumps were a bit clumsy and sometimes the music became intrusive, but it mostly involves you. This is perfect if you're looking for a n emotional roller-coaster with realistic characters and great acting.
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut: This is an impossibly funny movie.Like in the TV series, the humor is risky, cultural but very simple and obviously it works perfectly. The gags follow quickly but they are intelligently supported by a wild, surreal story that keeps you interested. The characters are all hilarious, with their squeaky voices and amusingly childish look to show a lot of personality and quirks. The songs are addictive- extremely bad singers create an hilarious effect with the silly lyrics. Overall, it's a brilliant satire to America done with a lot of laughs.

Todo Sobre Mi Madre: This is a powerful, very human drama. It has an impressive screenplay, about a woman confronting her dark past: the characters are outsiders from society but you get to understand them, the dialogs are realistic, the cultural references are metaphorical and, above all things, this has pure emotion. The direction is masterful: Almodovar has a unique style, introducing humor and showing rawness through creative camera angles, shots and editing. The acting is excellent: Cecilia Roth creates a subtle character and gets all her emotions across heart wrenchingly and all the supporting actors are fitting and fully believable. The technicals are very professional. This is a beautiful story about redemption and dignity.