Very very boring. Mind you its 2.5 hours. Skip this film unless you're a Javier Bardem fan or you simply like to watch European cultures. There was a scene where Javier was telling his kid how to spell the word biutiful and that's how the film got its title. What?! Yeah, that's right. I don't get it too.
However Javier is a good actor. He displays this irritated dad that worries alot about his illegal job he's involved. Always trying to satisfy the police and his illegal jobseekers at the same time. His wife, who totally unnecessarily bears body in this film to be rated M18, is a massue that isn't very responsible of the way she lives as a mother and a wife. So she's in tears when Javier wants to keep the kids away from her but yet she isn't changing her lifestyle.
Its a slow moving film, but if you do watch it, here's somethings that can help you appreciate this film:
Its shot in Spain, so language spoken is Spanish. Throughout the film, you get to see the poor lifestyle in Spain, where the houses are so cram and tiny. The streets are filled with illegal hawkers. When the police arrive, hundreds of them flee in all directions. These people obviously can't get a job and yet they can't do their own hawking, so their wife and kid suffer when they're caught and put to jail. Javier is psychologically tauted with people who are suffering. A group of his workers died when there was a gas leak. These are problems that he goes through and goes back home to a kid that keeps knocking the table as he eats. Javier was nominated for an award from this film so if you wana watch it, make sure you're prepared to go through the slow pace for 2.5 hours. 3/5
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