Lost potential

hectorhtr

I came with terrible desire to see the movie, at the time everyone put it very well and to top it has been selected to be sent to the Oscars.
Out of the theme of the oscar that I would give for a separate comment, the hype has made the film fall completely to me.
In case someone came without knowing anything: The film is about how a basketball coach (Javier Gutierrez) is sanctioned training a group of disabled people. These have been interpreted by real disabled people, which is a risk with pretty good results.

The premise gives a lot of play, both for his comedy that is his genre, and to build and see the evolution of some characters not seen in the cinema. WELL, NO!
The comedy works very well, rather, I've laughed a lot and I do not think it's an easy humor to do. At no time is it to laugh directly at them. But the great fault that separates it from something greater is that its characters and the universe it creates are very simplistic. The disabled are shown and are more than façade, but it is very artificial, it does not delve into how is your life, removing a couple of inconsequential moments in the plot. On the other hand, the interaction of the characters is also very simple, and not only that of the disabled that would be logical, but that of others that work at such a basic level that it almost seems written for children.

Not everything is bad, the direction is quite functional and camouflaged, which helps to just focus on the story of the characters. Javier Fesser, the director, rolls in a very cold way showing the reality, with quite tragic points. The conclusion I draw is that the film is based on the claim of a social cause, which is very noble for its part, but has little else to scratch.

score 6/10

hectorhtr 21 October 2018

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw4411660/