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While main characters demonstrate impressive courage, perseverance and teamwork, the movie’s initial depiction of Native Amazonians as a tribe of angry cannibals is concerning, even though (spoiler alert) it turns out it’s largely for show. Without saying it outright, one character comes out to another, who’s supportive. One conversation about removing a knife from someone’s body could be perceived as suggestive (though the double meaning will likely go over kids’ heads), and there’s some flirty banter and a couple of kisses. Adult characters drink from flasks and bottles, and an animal gets tipsy. Violence and peril are the biggest issues: Expect frequent danger, creepy cursed villains (as well as a cartoonishly evil German baddie), weapons (guns, torpedoes, swords, knives), threatening snakes and a jaguar that looks more vicious than she actually is. Set in 1916, it follows intrepid Lily Houghton (Emily Blunt), who hires skipper Frank Wolff (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) to guide her and her brother down the Amazon River in search of a mythical healing tree. Time stands still for the 85 minutes it takes “Don’t Blame Karma!” to play out.“ Jungle Cruise” is an action-fantasy adventure inspired by the classic Disneyland ride.
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I’d quote a great line from it (either in Spanish, or dubbed into English), but there are none, only this one which may explain everything. Scene after scene lacks spark or fire or heart. The “fashion” and “influencer” elements are undeveloped, and the whole “pop star” idea is a bust, as are the tunes that our Aaron is supposed to make the ladies swoon over. It’s a timid TV-MA outing, so the sex farce possibilities are left mostly unexplored. The “purge my bad karma” plot is strictly a non-starter, with this Elisa Miller (“The Pleasure is Mine”) film foundering as it searches for something else compelling to hang this story on. The “comedy” comes from their parents, who might be splitting up thanks to Mom’s passion for an “open marriage,” and from Sara’s own romance with Roberto ( Giuseppe Gamba), who is better at phone sex than the real thing. The “romance” here is Sara pining for Aaron, Aaron secretly treating her as his muse and Lucy wondering if this famous-model/famous pop star match is “the one.” I mean, even an influencer wants there to be fireworks. This all comes back to her as Lucy stops by the house Sara inherited from their grandmother to announce her engagement…to Aaron.
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And now Aaron ( Gil Cerezo) is “Aaron Starr,” a global pop idol. The reason Sara has believed this all her life is that her “first love” in high school, the one she tried out her light-sensitive dye clothing designs on, brushed her off way back when. Seeing as how Sara’s a T-shirt shop owner in sleepy Mérida and Lucy is a world famous runway model, maybe she has a point.īut only in the movies is anyone who looks like the stunning Derbez (“A la Mala,” “Miss Bala”) presented as a shrinking violet, the not-quite-as-pretty older sister to The Face of Fashion. A harmless “incident” in childhood has convinced Sara (Derbez) that she’s “cursed,” that all the luck in the family went to her sister. Two unutterably gorgeous Mexican actresses dressed in assorted sexy dresses are about all there is to recommend the perky but drab romantic comedy “Don’t Blame Karma!”Īislinn Derbez and Renata Notni play siblings, Sara and Lucy.