Overview
Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs out, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his dream.
I love movies that take chances and try to use new and creative methods to tell a story. Call it abstract, absurd, or whatever. I watch a couple of hundred movies a year, so I welcome different. The problem is that “different” is not always synonymous with “good”. I love Swinton so much…. this movie just didn’t work for me even though I gave it three chances (I fell asleep twice). I didn’t love her character, although I think she may have done the best she could with the material.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews Problemista
Movie title: Problemista
Movie description: Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs out, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his dream.
Date published: 2024-05-19
Director(s): Julio Torres
Actor(s): Julio Torres, Tilda Swinton, RZA, Isabella Rossellini, Catalina Saavedra, James Scully, Greta Lee, Laith Nakli, Larry Owens, Greta Titelman, Spike Einbinder, Jason Furlani, Miles G. Jackson, Paul Cooper, Bardia Salimi, Roman Maldonado, Ruba Thérèse Mansouri, Cristina Madalina Kissler, Jack P. Raymond, Theo Maltz, Logan J. Alarcon-Poucel, Sheila Moikangoa, Shakina Nayfack, Kelly McCormack, Megan Stalter, Glo Tavarez, Eudora Peterson, Ronald Peet, Sandra Caldwell, Jordan Mendoza, Charlene Incarnate, Amy Zimmer, Brian Belovitch, Carlos E. Navedo
Genre: Comedy
My Review
I love movies that take chances and try to use new and creative methods to tell a story. Call it abstract, absurd, or whatever. I watch a couple of hundred movies a year, so I welcome different. The problem is that “different” is not always synonymous with “good”. I love Swinton so much…. this movie just didn’t work for me even though I gave it three chances (I fell asleep twice). I didn’t love her character, although I think she may have done the best she could with the material.
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