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1. Howard Green 02.11.15 / 2pm

   Nico, again thanks for finding a better picture than the poster that I located.
2. Howard Green 02.20.15 / 9pm

   This film was reviewed in the NY Times on Friday Feb 20th
3. Nouchee Vang 07.14.16 / 9pm

   Revenge and absolute chaos are what the six stories of “Wild Tales” are all about. Starting out as simple mundane situations as the characters go about their everyday lives but then something extraordinary happens to them. Colors played a huge part of the film, blues and yellows are seen throughout. When the characters are in a state of turmoil wallowing, blues take up the world of the characters. When things have turned for the better, yellows are shown as life has become brighter for the characters. We all have our limits and “Wild Tales” tells about being driven to those points of insanity.
4. Elizabeth De La Mora 10.14.16 / 10pm

   Although this film is defiantly different than most, I enjoyed this film a lot. The director did a fantastic job a utilizing color in this film, especially in the clip from the restaurant. The creators of this film selected exciting sounds that capture the audience’s attention which keep us alert. Also, some of the film is malicious but very funny. As this review mentions, color plays a big role in the film. We see a lot of reds and blues when the characters are in some kind of trouble or are confused, like in the clip of the restaurant and of the man who gets his car towed several times. I think this film has taught me more to look for details in films because this film is full of small details that affect the viewer.
5. Jacquelyn Rios 10.18.18 / 10pm

   After watching this film and what I really like about it is its’ structure and how it is broken into 6 short stories and how they all connect by relating in some way or another to the theme of the film of revenge. The stories are dramatized and exaggerated and leave the audience in kind of a confused and what just happened state of mind, but that is what makes this film so interesting and entertaining to watch. Highly recommend if you are looking for a movie with different crazy stories that have even crazier ends to them.
6. Lynn Gutierrez 10.20.18 / 12am

   This film was different from all the films I had watched and I must say I enjoyed it to say the least. The structure was different and it was not the classic narrative that I was used to. The film also did not display a 3 act structure for there was many stories, 6 short films to be exact. Another thing that I enjoyed and that left me thinking was the implicit meaning of the film and the fact that perhaps each short film could be related to social class. It was different to see the characters, who were well off people, experienced chaos in their lives versus someone who you would expect to have these incidences happen to. Overall, great movie!
7. Beatriz Balestrero Machado 06.08.19 / 3pm

   The non-classical narrative of Wild Tales is what made me enjoy this film the most! It is very different than probably most of the films I am used to watching, and the implicit meaning of each short story and how it all connected to the aspect of social class is very clever. Seeing the fact that common events that can happen to any of us trigger such animalistic instincts made this movie a rollercoaster, which resembles everyday life. this is a great movie that everyone should watch.
8. Kathy Ramirez-Gijon 07.22.19 / 12am

   I liked how your review was accurate and how it found a common theme between all six stories. However, I wish you would have spoiled the endings so you could then be able to analyze them more in depth. Also, I wish you would have commented more on the significance behind each one and possibly related it to how power is abused against the helpless. For example you could have noted how Santiago’s parents were trying to scam their groundskeeper by paying him half as much as the lawyer even though he would be the one sentenced two at least a year and a half in prison. Or you could have spoken on the way women were portrayed in this film and maybe even on the way that every death and conflict was born out of impulsive and emotional actions. You probably had your reasons to keep these spoilers out but I think that just a little more analysis would have gone a long way.
9. Eva Barajas 06.04.21 / 12am

   This review did a great job in summarizing the six stories without spoiling the endings. Wild Tales did not go the way I expected at all but I think that’s what made me enjoy it so much. It steered away from the common 3 act structure of a film and classical Hollywood narratives. I could see revenge, justice, and violence being a repetitive theme throughout the film. It was suspenseful and intense but definitely a great watch!
10. Tom Rasmussen 03.10.22 / 11pm

    The film Wild Tales was a rollercoaster for me, and Howard did a very good job exemplifying that and the abnormal humor behind the film. The pattern of revenge mentioned above is something very powerful to me. I love viewing our actions in the context of human nature, and this movie fires me up in regards to revenge. The different scenes and dramas of the film are all related in some way, and even though the story arcs are completely different they have in common the same themes. Human nature is a powerful tool in analysys, and the revenge and fighting nature of this film is impressive and doesn’t always leave to the best situations.

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