Imagining Argentina
2004
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Cast & Crew
Carlos Rueda
Cecilia Rueda
Silvio Ayala
Esme Palomares
Teresa Rueda
Gustavo Santos
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Critic Reviews for Imagining Argentina
All Critics (13) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (9)
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It is not a good film; it is, moreover, a very earnest one, and our popular culture despises earnestness above almost anything else.
December 15, 2017 | Full Review… -
Despite its flaws, the film does the job in helping us imagine what that must be like for relatives and friends left behind.
August 20, 2004 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
It's sad to see a film which, despite fine work in the various craft departments, fails to succeed on the most basic level.
June 29, 2004 -
The concept takes magical realism to a reductive, overtly literal level, trivializing the subject and the people the film tries so hard to memorialize.
June 10, 2004 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review… -
Hampton makes a moving job of it, with top-notch cinematography and heartfelt performances.
May 14, 2004 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
The power of the film is its roots in official truths which are already melting away.
April 28, 2004 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Imagining Argentina
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Jun 22, 2011In "Imagining Argentina," Cecilia Rueda(Emma Thompson), a journalist, is snatched off the street by armed men in Buenos Aires in 1976. Eight weeks later, her husband Carlos(Antonio Banderas), a theater director, is still at a loss as to her disappearance. While he does his best to take care of his teenaged daughter Teresa(Leticia Dolera) at home, at work things are falling apart as Enrico(Fernando Tielve), his leading man, wants to quit because his father has gone missing too. Carlos reassures him that things will be fine, as he also starts to sense the horrible truth behind his wife's disappearance. There are some things to admire about the otherwise unremarkable movie "Imagining Argentina," such as the performances from Emma Thompson and Antonio Banderas who underplays nicely but is still no Ricardo Darin. For the most part, writer-director Christopher Hampton gives the potentially intriguing material a pedestrian and heavy handed treatment. To start, the movie would have been better served if it had taken place after the military government left power when Carlos could have provided answers to long lingering mysteries with history at a safe distance. As it stands, what is he supposed to do except provide confirmation of the worst fears?(It just goes to prove that some things are best left to the imagination.) In fact, he only makes things worse. In the end, the individual stories matter little in the grand scheme of things, as the epitaph confirms that this was not an isolated situation. That may be so but also invoking the Holocaust is taking things a little too far.Walter M Super Reviewer
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Jan 23, 2010It is, yes, well-intentioned but that doesn't compensate for its silly, heavy-handed execution full of artificiality, shallow dialogue and cartoonish villains - and Banderas' character acts so irrationally that I find it unbelievable that he is not killed before halfway through the story.Carlos M Super Reviewer
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Mar 14, 2008At times this movie had me pinned. I couldn't turn back to the mad-magazine. But that's easy. Just take a timeless subject matter. Throw in some torture and raping of children, and you have anyones attention... But that psychic business. What the hell?!? At one point, Antonio almost threw a fortune cookie at the general!a z Super Reviewer
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