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Son of the Bride(El hijo de la novia)
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Argentina, Spain · 2001
Rated R · 2h 3m
Director Juan José Campanella
Starring Ricardo Darín, Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Eduardo Blanco
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
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At age 42, Rafael Belvedere is having a crisis. He lives in the shadow of his father, he feels guilty about rarely visiting his aging mother, his ex-wife says he doesn't spend enough time with their daughter and he has yet to make a commitment to his girlfriend. At his lowest point, a minor heart attack reunites him with Juan Carlos, a childhood friend, who helps Rafael to reconstruct his past.
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Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
Energetic acting and perky filmmaking help this likable Argentine comedy-drama avoid the sentimentality that intermittently threatens it.
Unflaggingly genial and universally funny.
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
A warm and affectionate Argentine film of wide appeal that is an Academy Award nominee in the foreign-language category.
Portland Oregonian by Kim Morgan
A movie that will wear you out and make you misty even when you don't want to be. It's a gushy, sometimes-maudlin, often-charming movie that highlights the importance of little things.
Charlotte Observer by Lawrence Toppman
Turn a potentially unforgettable movie into a broad crowd-pleaser that sustains itself on three acting performances.
Chicago Tribune by Michael Wilmington
It's fresh, funny, biting, fast-paced and reasonably perceptive about people and their problems.
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
May be as exhaustive a study of one man's midlife crisis as has ever been brought to the screen. But as the movie lopes along, exhaustive becomes exhausting.
Washington Post by Stephen Hunter
Even the digressions are funny.
Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea
It's a wise and endearing little film.
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