What the bleep do we know is a film that has appeared on commercial release this week in Argentina without any real fanfare or publicity. Nevertheless, it has created quite a stir in many other parts of the world for its novelty and the subject matter it deals with. It has been both the butt of critical comments and public acclaim. It is certainly different.
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Argentine comedy that is not exactly a rites of passage film but a tale of what changes in a family when a teenage son discovers sex or rather the obsession of older women and how this affects his relationship with his solo mother. It is a sort of dramatic comedy with plenty to recognise in terms of local habits but somehow, as a film, it never quite hits its stride and we are left at the end thinking, so what? Cecilia Roth is as competent as ever as Bernie the solo mum, Maria Fernanda Callejón does a satisfactory job as the sexy older woman and newcomer Martin Piroyansky is right on the button with Leo the adolescent. Ulises Rosell has made an inoffensive film that ambles along nicely without ever really engaging us. The best part of it is to watch a good group of actors at work.
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