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Suburbs and/or stardom, 1 November 2006
8/10
Author: CUDIU from Glubdubdribb

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Many may expect from this movie a story totally focused on the way of life of young people in Spanish suburbs. At least, the movie has been advertised accordingly. But "Yo soy la Juani" is like this for just about the first 40 minutes. The core of the story is set far from the suburbs, as Juani and her friend Vane leave for Madrid to make their way to happiness.

Juani is attracted to acting, i.e. "serious entertainment", more than, say, reality shows and such stuff (which sounds a little strange). In Madrid, while she pursues her dream of becoming an actress, Vane attains her personal, and humbler, objective: having a breast implant. The Madrid segment is a bit confused above all because it contains too many subplots (castings, parties, football players, surgery...). It is effective though in that it conveys a general feeling of tremendous distance between capital and suburb. Overall, it works because of the strong presence of Echegui.

This actress is amazing, very effective, perfect as the determined, almost ruthless Juani, a girl with a high opinion of herself and a gigantic personality (the ringing tone of her cell phone is a recording of her own voice saying "Viva la Juani"). Plus, Echegui is gorgeous... Am I wrong or she bears a striking resemblance to Natalie Portman?

"On-screen" SMS writing and video game sequences are edited in the movie, which may sound like old and cheap tricks to someone, but instead I think they are used in a good way. Cell phones and VGs are in because they are somehow important to these poor suburbanites, but at the same time they are used as funny cinematic tricks. The risk of representing cell phones, SMS writing and video games is high and in proportion to the age of the director/screenwriter, but Luna avoids the trap by placing those paraphernalia in the right context, without describing them in an overenthusiastic or moralistic way.

I felt that something was missing in the description of the world of car tuning and "nengs". Why these people live for their cars is never said. The topic of drugs is absent and should have been mentioned somehow (even if Laya Martí can be seen rubbing her nose at the VIP party in Madrid). But I think the story is about La Juani, a very strong and fascinating character, and not, thanks heaven, a sociological treatise on suburban Spanish youngsters.

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Great moral but not such a great film., 16 May 2007
6/10
Author: zeus_hades_88 from Manchester, England

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Let me begin stating that this film is no masterpiece. Don't expect a great storyline, directing or much entertainment.

Having made that clear, I can now say that this film contains some deep emotions that other films simply lack. Don't be fooled by the plot summary. The two friends that it mentions do not go to Madrid to have fun; in fact they go there in the search of a better life, in contrast with the one they had been living till then. In the search of a better lifestyle and maybe happiness, they find that the big city is rather ruthless towards them and that their dreams become shattered. Here's where the moral to the film comes: If you really want something, go for it and never give up.

As I said, not a great film, but a moving moral.

PS. There's some pretty good acting in this film!

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A character , An environment , A feeling, 17 October 2007
9/10
Author: Juanito D from Cambridge, USA

It seems that the writers of the previous comments are missing the point. This is a European movie: it means that you should not expect action karate , no chemical attack on the white house and no drug dealers shooting helicopters with smuggled missiles from Kazakhstan.

This movie is all about feelings. Since the very first minute you are plunged in the world of Juani, a young and determined Spanish adolescent from the suburbs of a southern city in Spain, looking for a better future. The story shows the reality of youths expectations and disillusions.

The powerful soundtrack, mixing Hispanic hip-hop with traditional flamenco songs, will transport you in the world of "La Juani".

Enjoy

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Well, that's not a great movie to me, 31 October 2006
3/10
Author: sebastien_nicolas5 from France

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O'right

We've just seen the movie and OK we bought a copy one 2,5 € and really it doesn't worth much more. At the end we had to check on the internet the duration of the movie because we were sure a part were missing... but actually not,

;-) So to summarize, here we go, a sexy girl from a town want to be an actress, and once her boyfriend cheat on her, she and her best friend go to Madrid and spend all their money, buying clothes, making new tits... then she is sad because she can't be an actress so go to her boy friend, and once the figure out that he is still seeing the girl he cheat on her with she go back to Madrid crying, that's more o less the whole movie.

I'm just so glad for not having paid a cinema ticket... I gave it a 3/10

Sorry if my English isn't that good, I'm french ;-)

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Soundtrack, 5 November 2006
4/10
Author: claudix-1

This film is actually quite bad. Perhaps the only thing I would save it's the OST.. and also I have to say that some things are not easy to understand if u don't know a bit of the ambient where it was actually filmed. I mean, being Spanish helps for that, and of course I guess there is no translation but for the subtitles but.. To sum up, do not waiste your time or money guys. The story is nothing new, this girl discovers the boyfriend cheating on her so she decides to move with her best friend to the big city, where, I have to say, things are not always like they pretend in the film. Actually nothing really happens in there, I mean, there is no exciting story at all . Regarding the actors, the guy is well known in Spain as he is leading a pop band extremely popular with teenagers, and she is a complete unknown-

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