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Sin noticias de Dios (Don't Tempt Me) (2001)

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Average Rating: 5.1/10
Reviews Counted: 29
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 18

More Hellish than it is Heavenly, Agust�n D�az Yanes' black comedy about the Earthly duel between two angels doesn't have enough genuine laughs to support its far-fetched premise.

Average Rating: 5.2/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 5

More Hellish than it is Heavenly, Agust�n D�az Yanes' black comedy about the Earthly duel between two angels doesn't have enough genuine laughs to support its far-fetched premise.

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Two of Spain's biggest female stars headline this offbeat comedy about the battle of wills between good and evil. Heaven is not getting its fair share of business for the afterlife, so Lola (Victoria Abril), an angel who sings in a nightclub located beyond the pearly gates, is sent to Earth to drum up business by her boss, Marina (Fanny Ardant). Her first prospect is Manny (Demi�n Bichir), a prizefighter with an injury that could take his life at any time. As Lola tries to claim Manny's soul for

R, 1 hr. 55 min.

Drama, Art House & International, Comedy

Directed By: Agust�n D�az Yanes

Written By: Agust�n D�az Yanes

In Theaters: Aug 22, 2003 Wide

On DVD: Feb 17, 2004

Casa Nova Films

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Critic Reviews for Sin noticias de Dios (Don't Tempt Me)

All Critics (32) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (18) | DVD (3)

It's all harmless fun, I suppose, and mercifully free of all the cant usually associated with fantasies of Heaven and Hell.

September 26, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Observer

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Andrew Sarris

New York Observer

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Manny is so uninteresting as a pivotal character that he's a black hole who sucks away our investment in the film.

September 4, 2003 Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune

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Ellen Fox

Chicago Tribune

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A sultry, pretty thing with a few good ideas: in other words, stuck in limbo.

August 27, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Daily News

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Jami Bernard

New York Daily News

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Consistently clever and inventive on a level a little below the inspired.

August 22, 2003 Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger

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Bob Campbell

Newark Star-Ledger

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It's only sporadically entertaining.

August 21, 2003 Comment

Lou Lumenick

New York Post

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An unfocused, overplotted, painfully derivative comic fantasy.

August 21, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Dave Kehr

New York Times

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Bendito Infierno's characters crack and pop off the screen; you're caught up in their tussle even as you acknowledge its artificiality.

February 4, 2005 Full Review Source: Now Playing Magazine

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Brent Simon

Now Playing Magazine Source: Now Playing Magazine

...undoubtedly a silly premise, but writer/director Agustin Diaz Yanes imbues the film with enough style and humor to keep things interesting.

February 18, 2004 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

As tempting as it is to describe the level of humor in Don't Tempt Me as hellish, that's probably giving the movie more credit than it deserves. Although describing anything in this dark comedy as heavenly is even more of a stretch.

December 12, 2003 Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City

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Jeff Vice

Deseret News, Salt Lake City

A train wreck of half-developed ideas without a unifying thread.

December 12, 2003 Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune

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Sean Means

Salt Lake Tribune

Sometimes nothing is more irritating than forced wackiness. Especially forced wackiness with a supposed deeper point.

November 13, 2003 Full Review Source: Oregonian

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Kim Morgan

Oregonian

A barely comprehensible mess ... Fun is something in very short supply in this would-be comedy.

November 3, 2003 Full Review Source: Internet Reviews

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Steve Rhodes

Internet Reviews

This doesn't intend to be a mystery but it sure makes one out of why the investors didn't require a re-write.

September 7, 2003 Full Review Source: Cinema Signals

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Jules Brenner

Cinema Signals

Bernal can't decide if he's making a Tarantino homage or an Almod�var riff or an Albert Brooks tribute... and the wobbly sensibility finally knocks the movie's legs out from beneath it altogether.

September 4, 2003 Full Review Source: Dallas Observer

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Robert Wilonsky

Dallas Observer

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The relative surrealistic element of the movie is what made it interesting. The rest was ok. I like it when Cruz doesn't play the pretty girl.

March 13, 2011

Saskia D.

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Victoria Abril and Penelope Cruz get sent by heaven and hell respectively, to win the soul of a sad, weak woman-beating loser. Apparently heaven is a bit like black & white Paris filmset and rather empty, and hell is like a giant multi-storey prison with lots more people in it, and there's a Checkpoint Charlie between

March 13, 2010