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Story: Uxbal (Javier Bardem) wants to set everything right in his messed up life in seedy Barcelona. He wants to save the Chinese immigrants who work in the sweatshops from exploitation. He wants to keep the bothersome cops away from the African street vendors. He wants to look after his two young kids single-handedly. He wants to make some money that would secure their future. And he wants to fight fast-approaching death. Will the desperate man find deliverance?
Movie Review: There's mood. Oodles of it. And there's the man. Javier Bardem, an actor who transforms the screen into a living-breathing canvas, brimming over with emotions. Biutiful is a gritty ode to the human spirit which never does give up, even if all the odds are piled up against it.
Bardem's gruelling fight to clean up his life before curtain call touches your heart and fills you with sadness as you watch the dying man go through the entire gamut....Anger at his helplessness, rage at social injustice, pleasure in parenting, sorrow at having to let go, it's all there, in plenty. Whether he's battling institutional decay or a life-threatening disease, the actor showcases gladiatorial talent. No wonder he figures in the sundry award nominations for Best Actor. Watch him feeding his kids an imaginary breakfast or driving away their fears in the dead of night, even though he's mighty afraid himself....Beautiful stuff.
Movie Review: There's mood. Oodles of it. And there's the man. Javier Bardem, an actor who transforms the screen into a living-breathing canvas, brimming over with emotions. Biutiful is a gritty ode to the human spirit which never does give up, even if all the odds are piled up against it.
Bardem's gruelling fight to clean up his life before curtain call touches your heart and fills you with sadness as you watch the dying man go through the entire gamut....Anger at his helplessness, rage at social injustice, pleasure in parenting, sorrow at having to let go, it's all there, in plenty. Whether he's battling institutional decay or a life-threatening disease, the actor showcases gladiatorial talent. No wonder he figures in the sundry award nominations for Best Actor. Watch him feeding his kids an imaginary breakfast or driving away their fears in the dead of night, even though he's mighty afraid himself....Beautiful stuff.
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