   Oscar® Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Actor in a leading roleBiutifulMPAA Rating:
 for disturbing images, language, some sexual content, nudity and drug use._____
Moviemaking Quality:
Primary Audience:
Adults
Genre:
Drama
Length:
2 hr. 27 min.
Year of Release:
2010
USA Release:
September 4, 2010 (festival)
December 29, 2010 (limited) DVD: May 31, 2011 
 
Relevant Issues
terminal illness, dying, pain and suffering, corruption
What about the issue of suffering? Doesn’t this prove that there is no God and that we are on our own? Answer Does God feel our pain? Answer Why does God allow innocent people to suffer? Answer ORIGIN OF BAD—How did bad things come about? Answer Did God make the world the way it is now? What kind of world would you create? Answer cancer
Where did cancer come from? Answer afterlife
eternal life and eternal death medium / communicating with the dead
What is the Occult? Answer THE OCCULT—What does the Bible say about it? Answer Is medium John Edward of “Crossing Over” speaking to the dead? Answer sex with brother in law
adultery and fornication in the Bible strip club owner
lust in the Bible NUDITY—Why are humans supposed to wear clothes? Answer
gay kiss
GAY—What’s wrong with being gay? Answer What about gays needs to change? Answer Read stories about those who have struggled with homosexuality other issues
fall of man to sin and depravity redemption in the Bible illegal worker single father bipolar disorder human exploitation brother brother relationship violence against child Are you good enough to get to Heaven? Answer How good is good enough? Answer
“from the director of ‘Babel’ and ‘21 Grams’” 
Producer’s synopsis: “Biutiful is a love story between a father and his children. This is the journey of Uxbal, a conflicted man who struggles to reconcile fatherhood, love, spirituality, crime, guilt and mortality amidst the dangerous underworld of modern Barcelona. His livelihood is earned out of bounds, his sacrifices for his children know no bounds. Like life itself, this is a circular tale that ends where it begins. As fate encircles him and thresholds are crossed, a dim, redemptive road brightens, illuminating the inheritances bestowed from father to child, and the paternal guiding hand that navigates life’s corridors, whether bright, bad—or biutiful.”
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“…noble effort… In trying to distill a grand vision, Iñárritu does two things, one not so good, one great. He tries widening the scope of his story, the way he did in ‘Babel,’ taking time to show us the tribulations of an African family in Spain and the burgeoning relationship of two gay Chinese criminals. As in ‘Babel,’ this effort feels labored, perfunctory and aching with politically correct politeness. The narrative stalls.…” “…The film’s moral sense is heartfelt but not especially daring; by giving us a good man as his hero, Gonzalez Inarritu possibly weakens his case against the general sense of injustice in his film …” “…may be too dark and depressing for mainstream audiences, but it is clearly the heartfelt and very personal achievement of a master filmmaker with a potentially award winning performance from its star.…” “…Watching Bardem occupy, embrace and ultimately own a multifaceted role like the one he plays in ‘Biutiful’ is a rare treat, and an absolute joy. Which is good, because joy is in short supply in Inarritu’s film.…” “…‘Biutiful’ is a love story about the bonds of parenthood with pinpoints of redemptive light amid the darkness.…” Sorry, no other viewer comments received yet. If you have seen this movie and would like to share your observations and insights with others to be posted here, please contact us! |
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