Reviews

I've seen this movie and found it quite odd: first of all, it's black and white; secondly, dialogs are replaced by acting, gestures, letters and repeated sequences; and, finally, the script deals with many controversial topics that are depicted simply but firmly, don't need words to show how ignorant, poor and short-minded you can become when you choose drugs, delinquency, marginal life ware as your lifestyle. In my opinion, the director's point of view is clearly reflected in the movie. You can also keep several images in your mind to discuss them later, you can perceive the main aspect of the real problems in a direct and pure way rather than following dull "moral" leading-to-nowhere conversations. However, the movie -the filming layout- is not linear. Despite I MUST watch it again, I strongly recommend you spend 2 hours paying attention to "Picado Fino".

Acting is really poor, specially when considering young actor Fonzi who pretends to be Fabian Vena reincarnation. Needless to say, Fonzi: you'll never be that far! Young actors and actresses are also dull and blue and, sometimes, overdoing their characters; not to mention the older ones who, by the way and considering the series plot -if has any-, may be desperate for food. The script tries to deal with dramatic topics that take place in our society like drugs, corruption, delinquency. However, it's closer to poor-and-sadly-poor comedies. Finally, the overall dynamic of this TV series (or should I say soap opera?) reminds me of the worst 40 min that could any reality-show ever hold. I insist: sad-but-true, boring to death. Can't Argentinian TV heads do better or we'll be confined to swallow re-adapted foreign scripts?