A sultry, pretty thing with a few good ideas: in other words, stuck in limbo.
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08/27/03
Don't Tempt Me (2003)
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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:11
Rotten:18
Average Rating:5.1/10
Theatrical Release:Aug 22, 2003 Limited
Synopsis: Penelope Cruz and Victoria Abril are arch enemies in the Faustian tale DON'T TEMPT ME. Sent to Earth to determine the fate of boxer Manny (Demian Bichir), Lola (Abril) is an angel from Heaven, and... [More]
Starring: Penelope Cruz, Victoria Abril, Gael Garcia Bernal, Fanny Ardant
Director: Agustin Diaz Yanes
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Reviews for Don't Tempt Me
Top CriticThis doesn't intend to be a mystery but it sure makes one out of why the investors didn't require a re-write.
09/07/03
Don't Tempt Me is a spunky and clever Spanish comedy that offers a satirical look at anxiety and competition on Earth and in the afterlife realms of Heaven and Hell.
08/21/03
Consistently clever and inventive on a level a little below the inspired.
08/22/03
Top CriticIt's not quite The Divine Comedy, but it's almost as irreverent, insightful and thought provoking.
08/21/03
Top CriticThe film lumbers along with a confused logic and becomes so entangled in its own numerous subplots that it trips over its own leaden feet.
08/21/03
Manny is so uninteresting as a pivotal character that he's a black hole who sucks away our investment in the film.
09/04/03
Top CriticThe twisty Pulp Fiction-inspired subplot is also far less interesting than the undervalued gender crisis Cruz’s angel must negotiate throughout the film.
07/12/03
deserves the tagline: 'Life might be hell, but this film is worse.'
08/21/03
Likely to pass through American box offices sin noticias.
07/10/03
An unfocused, overplotted, painfully derivative comic fantasy.
08/21/03
Top CriticIt's only sporadically entertaining.
08/21/03
Top CriticA train wreck of half-developed ideas without a unifying thread.
12/12/03
Imagines Heaven and Hell as places so deeply mired in the business- as-usual hassles of earthly life that the battle between good and evil becomes a downright dull affair.
08/19/03
Top CriticSometimes nothing is more irritating than forced wackiness. Especially forced wackiness with a supposed deeper point.
11/13/03
...undoubtedly a silly premise, but writer/director Agustin Diaz Yanes imbues the film with enough style and humor to keep things interesting.
02/18/04
The story takes a while to get going, but once it does, it includes a few Pulp Fiction-style flourishes and becomes a devil of a good time.
08/21/03
una muestra significativa del cine español
12/28/01
While Yanes isn't quite able to sustain the quirky tone, his international cast does a fine job of keeping the energy aloft.
11/12/02
Top CriticA barely comprehensible mess ... Fun is something in very short supply in this would-be comedy.
11/03/03
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