Rum and Popcorn

Dreams

My first dud of this year’s festival.

The premise is interesting enough - Jessica Chastain is a high-powered American, all business-suits and chauffeured cars, who has taken a younger Mexican lover from the ballet academy she sponsors. Suddenly, he’s no longer a bit on the side in Mexico but has smuggled himself into the US and inserted himself into her life.

Unfortunately, I never really liked any of the characters. At some point I found myself wondering why I was watching a small story of unpleasant people being unpleasant to each other.

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