Chile Puede (2008) Reviews

• A great review about this movie on Youtube Channel "Críticas QLS"

  cargutier2017-01-18

  Ckeck the specialized critic about this movie on the Youtube channel "QLS reviews" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6qpny6wn2M The film is an apology to The Chaos Theory and how this can lead to the success of a cosmic feat by a Third World country. With extraordinary performances by actors Boris Cuercha and Javiera Contador, the film is overwhelmed by the wide array of special effects and the incorporation of action-drama elements that take the viewer to a visual feast worth seeing. Special mention the performance of Willy Semler who with his chameleon interpretation as director of space flight manages to delve into the depths of the character's psychic characteristics.

• Good premise, awful delivery

  axoloton2008-06-27

  Unlike the previous movie written by Boris Quercia, that is, "The King of A**holes", this one lacks depth and the humanity and charming sense of humor that watermarked his 2006 effort. At the beginning, the film cuts right to the chase: In a third-world country with no space agency and almost no space experience, a Spanish language teacher is launched in a spacecraft - that lacks security measures and has little-to-none oxygen. He won the "honor" of being Chile's first astronaut... at a TV-show. Also, the entire mission control crew departs at the first scene. Is a great premise. But, instead of taking advantage of it, the movie revolves endlessly around the astronaut's girlfriend quest for the launching site. Sure some gags appear, but they're mostly a cavalcade of clichés. The USA counterpart of the Chilean mission control, instead of evolving into clever irony, is just campy at its best. On and on, "Chile Puede" was a brilliant opportunity of making a really smart comedy, sadly lost into boring, old and worn-out gags.