A very weird film that only made a positive impression on me as regards to the food that they kept mentioning and the ham that they kept showing us in great slabs as we drooled over the screen. Penelope Cruz was very young in this and it really showed as her acting came across as weak and not very memorable. Obviously she was just beginning her impressionable career and would soon grow into her roles in later films. Cruz stars as Sylvia, who after finding out she is pregnant hopes to marry her boyfriend despite his parents negative attitude, mix this in with lots of food references and bizarre scenes including naked bull-fighting in the middle of the night and you have this film. I didn't really like the fact it was not one thing or the other. It wasn't fantastical enough to be as good as 'Delicatessen' or sexy enough to be 'Y Tu Mama Tambien' and so we are left with a bizarre mis-match of scenes and slightly unhinged characters. Not the brilliant film I was hoping for.
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