LuTo (2013) Reviews

• LuTo was interesting

  tomokoi2017-09-04

  I really liked this movie. The story was about a couple who was having a terminal relationship. Thomas was finding faults with Luisa and bullying her and Luisa was recalling good times in the past to be with him and putting up with his abuse. They know things will not be any better, but they cannot make the decision to end because they are attached so much. The movie shows young Mexican life style. They have parties, eat taco, and walk around the city to enjoy shops and foods. The movie was very real and I enjoyed.

• "Meltdown of a perfect relationship", the Mexican take

  notforthrees2017-10-14

  In recent years, the 'sub-genre' of "meltdown of a perfect relationship in non-chronological order" has been one of my one of my favorites things to watch. I watched LuTo (Luisa- Tomás) without knowing it would be an example of this. In general I enjoyed the film, and I appreciate that Mexican directors are making this kind of movies, reflective, sober, nice cinematography and great use of subtle slow electronic music. As a plus, like many of the good Mexican films in the recent years, it offers a (somewhat small) window to know a little more about Mexican lifestyle, in this case mid- class Mexico City. However, I did find a couple of issues that almost ruined for me the whole experience. The first one is that I did not feel empathy for the couple, I did not feel sorry for watching the downfall of their relationship because I did not buy the "they were the perfect couple" from the beginning. This is in part due to the not so strong (IMO) performances of the main characters and in part the non-chronological storytelling; filmmakers really have to master it to make it work. It is a decent effort that is well worth your time. I definitely look forward to watch more films by this director.