i’m on a mission that consists of watching a bunch of foreign films because foreign films make my life better, so if any of you have suggestions don’t hesitate to comment 

now, about Nueve Reinas: its a really fun and interesting film, it gave me major tarantino and ocean’s eleven vibes. darín is spectacular, as always (he is really intense) and argentinian cinema never fails to amaze me with its complexity

"There are no saints."

My venture into Argentine cinema begins with Nine Queens. I honestly don't think I can say that much about it. Not that much passed my mind while watching it that won't go into spoiler territory. That's not necessarily a bad thing.

The visuals weren't anything spectacular, but weren't distractingly bad either. I did notice the movie was shot on very grainy looking film stock, which made it feel a bit dated, but that didn't bother me in the slightest. I really love that look.

The main character was sympathizeable, and thus gave the movie enough narrative weight to keep going. It flows pretty well, one event happening after another with a near comic relentlessness

The ending was well orchestrated, and it didn't treat the audience like idiots with lazy flashbacks.

Nine Queens was a more than solid con artist flick from Argentina.

Nine Queens invites you into a world of deceit from its opening moments, and intends you to be a victim too. It's a highly entertaining, twist-laden romp about two fast-talking, smart scam artists trying to outdo everyone around them, as well as each other. I can forgive the plot holes that the story has, as well as the not-entirely-credible storyline, because of the charisma that the film has and the quality of the acting. Really enjoyable despite its obvious flaws.

¿¡Quién va a estafar a quién!? Una historia fenomenal, con un guión impecable y diálogos para el recuerdo. Es increíble el ritmo que lleva esta película. La argentinidad al palo.

The success of a con game lives or dies by the charm of the hustler. And this film lacks that. All the attempts at endearing the characters to the audience fell flat. The scenarios set up to show their wit were all either too unimpressively mundane, or too outlandishly improbable to make them come across as "smart." Moreso, they feel lucky. The rest of the film that isn't failed attempts at the above are just hollow semblances of other movies in the genre. Watching this movie must be how ladies at bars feel when the slimy toad that thinks he's Rico Suave bombards them with cheesy one-liners and a plastic smile.

Nuestro gran policial, y una de las mejores películas del cine nacional

Primer película de cine argentino que veo por mi cuenta, una locura, Darin está descomunal, gran dirección y guion. Tremenda

It might not have done nothing new or interesting, but at least it was fine told. This movie aims to be something like an ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ kind of film, but the lack of charming of its characters, the predictable story prevented it from that. The biggest issue with the movie may be that there’s been a lot of movies like it since this came out, so nothing could surprise me, but I still appreciate what the filmmaker tried.

that's karma, my good bitch

having watched again 18 years later and to this day the best con artist movie ever made

Una de las grandes joyas del cine argentino. El guión es un relojito. Qué pérdida inmensa y dolorosa fue la de Fabián Bielinsky.

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