Emilia Perez has been talked about a lot lately, and not necessarily because of the film itself. Some controversial statements were made by a Mexican actor about Selena Gomez’ Spanish in the film and she got dumped on. The statements that he made could not at all be considered constructive criticism, he was straight up hostile. Selena fans then attacked him in turn. Now as someone whose Mexican family is fully colonized, I don’t speak Spanish, I can mostly understand if you talk to me slowly but that’s all I’ve got. All that said regardless of how you felt about her Spanish in the movie, any ire you feel should be directed at the writing and the very French director. Selena didn’t make word choices. So let’s get into Emilia Perez.
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Zoe Saldana was truly freaking incredible. She gave one of the best performances of the year and Rita. Some of the music could have been executed better by the vocalists but Zoe’s songs were truly the best parts of the movie. I loved the story and thought it was interesting and compelling the entire time. The structure was clear and the pacing was done well. More than anything it was interesting. From the story to the fact that it was a musical Emilia Perez did something incredibly rare and wonderful. A full and very easy 10/10.
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