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Don't Tempt Me

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Don't Tempt Me (2003)

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Reviews Counted:29

Fresh:11

Rotten:18

Average Rating:5.1/10

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for language, some violence and sexual content

Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins

Genre: Comedies

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... 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 Carmen (Cruz) is a devil pulled out of the vortex of Hell. For Lola, the mission is a chore, a nightmare, and puts her at risk for losing her cushy celestial spot. For Carmen, it is a gift, a vacation, and the one chance she has for redemption. Manny is stuck in the middle of these two manic forces, who must influence his decision to either stick with his competitive boxing career and risk a brain hemorrhage, or quit and save himself. At either end of the spectrum are higher forces. Gael Garcia Bernal plays the slick and slimy Davenport (read: Satan), ruling the chaotic, violent red regions of Hell from which Carmen was sprung. In Heaven, a lovely white oasis of cabaret and leisure time, Fanny Ardant is a graceful Marina D'Angelo who encourages Lola with her singing career. A witty and amusing film in French (Heaven), Spanish (Earth), and English (Hell), with many moments of tongue-in-cheek insight on the battle of good versus evil, director Augustin Diaz Yanes has spun an entertaining yarn with DON'T TEMPT ME. [More]

Starring: Penelope Cruz, Victoria Abril, Gael Garcia Bernal, Fanny Ardant

Starring: Penelope Cruz, Victoria Abril, Gael Garcia Bernal, Fanny Ardant, Demian Bichir

Director: Agustin Diaz Yanes

Director: Agustin Diaz Yanes
Screenwriter: Agustin Diaz Yanes
Studio: First Look

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09/30/05
Scott Nash
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Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
05/11/05
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles 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.

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02/04/05
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
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.

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02/18/04
David Nusair
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12/21/03
Christopher Null
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Full Review Source: San Diego Metropolitan | comment Comment
12/19/03
Jean Lowerison
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan

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.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
12/12/03
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

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

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
12/12/03
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

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

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11/13/03
Kim Morgan
Kim Morgan
Oregonian

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

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11/03/03
Steve Rhodes
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10/10/03
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
09/26/03
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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This doesn't intend to be a mystery but it sure makes one out of why the investors didn't require a re-write.

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09/07/03
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

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

Full Review Source: Dallas Observer | comment Comment
09/04/03
Robert Wilonsky
Robert Wilonsky
Dallas Observer

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

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
09/04/03
Ellen Fox
Ellen Fox
Chicago Tribune
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A sultry, pretty thing with a few good ideas: in other words, stuck in limbo.

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08/27/03
Jami Bernard
Jami Bernard
New York Daily News
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Consistently clever and inventive on a level a little below the inspired.

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08/22/03
Bob Campbell
Bob Campbell
Newark Star-Ledger
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It's only sporadically entertaining.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
08/21/03
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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An unfocused, overplotted, painfully derivative comic fantasy.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
08/21/03
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
New York Times
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The film lumbers along with a confused logic and becomes so entangled in its own numerous subplots that it trips over its own leaden feet.

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08/21/03
Ken Fox
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