Amores Perros (Love's A Bitch) (Subtitled)
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Production Year: 2000 - Drama - Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Original Language: Spanish - Classification: 18 years and over

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Alejandro Gonzalez Iniarritu makes an electrifying directorial debut with AMORES PERROS, an energetic, assured motion picture that jumps off the screen with a seemingly boundless...
more...energy. Told in three separate chapters--OCTAVIO AND SUSANA, DANIEL AND VALERIA, and EL CHIVO AND MARU--the film concerns the issue of love in the lives of several individuals residing in modern day Mexico City. Octavio (Gael Garcia Bernal) has fallen in love with his brother's wife, Susana (Vanessa Bauche). He begins entering his dog in illegal dogfights in order to save up enough money to run away with her, but eventually learns a powerful lesson when she fails to keep her word. Meanwhile, Daniel (Alvaro Guerrero) has left his wife and daughters for the gorgeous model Valeria (Goya Toledo), but when she is hurt badly in a car accident, the strain on their relationship is stretched to its limits. Finally, El Chivo (Emilio Echevarria) is an ex-revolutionary who has become a paid assassin. Saddened that he has lost all contact with his daughter, he takes one final stand when an intended act of kindness turns brutally tragic. Shot with hand held immediacy on grainy film stock by Rodrigo Prieto, Iniarritu's invigorating, Oscar-nominated film gets an added jolt of adrenaline from its throbbing soundtrack.





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Love's a Bitch
Review of Amores Perros (Love's A Bitch) (Subtitled) by Mercury

Advantages: The comparisons to Pulp Fiction are well deserved - it's that good.
Disadvantages: The subtitles will prevent it getting the exposure it deserves.

...that I should mention about Amores Perros for those who have not heard of it. The first is that it is subtitled, as it is a Mexican film and thus filmed in Spanish so for those unwilling to consider watching a foreign film read no further. The second is that the translation of Amores Perros is Love’s a Bitch, which proves a very apt title. The third is that it has received numerous comparisons to Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction and deservedly ... Read review

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24.05.2001
It's a Dog Eat Dog World
Review of Amores Perros (Love's A Bitch) (Subtitled) by MissDirect

Advantages: Different from the usual Hollywood flicks, gorgeous men, great story, superb acting.
Disadvantages: Violent dog fights, although these are not gratuitous and are necessary to the story.

...rolling for the film. Essentially, Amores Perros (Love's a Bitch) is three intertwined stories set in Mexico City. The film is in Spanish with English subtitles, although much of the films impact is visual. The stories are weaved in and out of one another although one story tends to have the prime focus at any one time, until it reaches its climax and ends. The story of which most of the film is occupied with, is that of Octavio, who is in ... Read review

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08.10.2002
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And I Thought It Was Just Men That Were Dogs
Review of Amores Perros (Love's A Bitch) (Subtitled) by mbmb11

Advantages: original, realistic, gritty
Disadvantages: need to concentrate on plot (s)

...have all explained to them. Amores Perros is a long film - around three hours and does require concentration at times in order to keep up with all that is going on. If you tend to miss details you may end up being confused over what is happening! It is also not the usual kind of action film that one would expect. It has caused some controversy (again amongst bloomin' film buffs!) for the violence contained within it. Violent though it is, the ... Read review

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20.12.2001
amores perros es una película fantástica!
Review of Amores Perros (Love's A Bitch) (Subtitled) by carlathomas

Advantages: the acting, the stories, the works!
Disadvantages: the end - wanna know more!

In preparations for my trip to Cental America this May, I have decided to watch as many spanish films as possible. Despite learning spanish for nearly a year, it's taking me some time to sit down and watch one. It's not that I think they are hard work - far from it, but because I want to see how much of the film I understand without reading the subtitles, I need to be in the right frame of mind. And what better frame of mind than trying to ... Read review

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04.01.2004
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Hollywood, eat this
Review of Amores Perros (Love's A Bitch) (Subtitled) by Bastien

Advantages: Authentic
Disadvantages: Rather violent sometimes

Amores perros ------------- Defintely one of the best movies I've ever seen. One that really touches you. I went to see it with my girlfriend. She used to dislike "alternative" movies. But when the names appeared at the end of the movie (150min!) she spontanuously said and with a sad voice: "Oh... it isn't over, is it?" :( What is the movie about? It 's about three people and their dogs in Mexico city. Their lives cross eachother in a car accident. ... Read review

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16.04.2001
Love's a bitch, life's a dog!
Review of Amores Perros (Love's A Bitch) (Subtitled) by letsgotowork

Advantages: Fast paced, violent action!
Disadvantages: SUBTITLES or badly overdubbed voices.

When my film studies teacher announced that we were about to watch one of her favourite movies of all time, I was intially uneasy as she favours obscure, national films. Whereas I tend to favour a good old cheesy hollywood storyline. The thought of it being made in Mexico and the fact that it had subtitles had me dozing of before the opening credits. However, when it started I sat up and took notice as I was about to experience a wild ride through ... Read review

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21.02.2004
Great Movie by Mexican Director González Iñárri.
Review of Amores Perros (Love's A Bitch) (Subtitled) by kaan128

Advantages: Well organised,great soundtrack,natural playing and the actors shows their high performances.
Disadvantages: Maybe the making reminds a little Pulp Fiction.

At recent years nobody think that a great film can be made outside of Hollywood.But by making this film the director Alejandro González Iñárri break the rules.Maybe the style of making reminds a little Pulp Fiction but this don't shadow the movie.When I watch it I adore it too much and I decide to buy the dvd for my library.Because it is a kilometer stone for the movies outside the Hollywood.And the soundtrack makes you hot when you watch it.I don't ... Read review

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15.09.2001
Dog lovers
Review of Amores Perros (Love's A Bitch) (Subtitled) by neilix

Advantages: Fabulous cinematography
Disadvantages: not for the faint of hearted

Amores Perros as I translate it means For the Love of Dogs This is a misleading title I would simply like to advise viewers in this opinion... In a raw movie, this film portrays a group of gangs who make money out of dog fights - training wild street-dogs to fight rivals to the death. The most disturbing part to this film for me was not seeing the well-known message: "No dogs were hurt or harmed in the making of this movie." If ... Read review

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16.02.2004
a Mexican jewel
Review of Amores Perros (Love's A Bitch) (Subtitled) by peke

Advantages: you get 3 stories in 1
Disadvantages: you wish you could go deeper

Amores perros: dog loves Amor es perros: love is dogs It is about dogs, it is about love, but for a Mexican the title really tells them how love is hard, how love is mean, and how love is cruel. Not having seen a good Mexican movie in a long time Amores perros really amazed me. I never expected such a good film, not only in the story, but also in the filming and in the acting, it makes you proud as a Mexican to see such a good combination. But ... Read review

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12.12.2001
A great film for grown ups
Review of Amores Perros (Love's A Bitch) (Subtitled) by mugpunter

Advantages: Fantastic - profound, exciting, visceral, moving all the qualities of myth or fable
Disadvantages: A little heavy on the blood and guns

This is a long way from being a Hollywood "guns solve all problems" action movie although there are are enough similarities to keep you on the edge of your seat. This is a brilliantly structured set of interlocking fables which in a very short space of time and at breathless speed take you through a set of moral questions and human dillemas. The tone moves from comic to violent to tragic the action from rapid cut dog fights to the talking head of ... Read review

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