- Actors: Vincent DePaul; Tony Santiago; Renee Pietrangelo
- Directors: Jorge Ameer
- Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Import
- Language: English
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Ariztical
- Release Date: Jan 30 2007
- Run Time: 70 minutes
- ASIN: B000KN7BMW
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2.2 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews)
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Watching the dedication of Jorge Ameer, Mar 18 2007
By Grady Harp - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Contadora Is for Lovers (DVD)
Now and then we see early films by a well-trained and well-educated writer/director and enjoy the journey from amateur to professional status. Jorge Ameer has been actively and consistently making films since 2000 (with an earlier 1994 work) and it is therefore disappointing that he has not been able to garner financial backing to step beyond the low budget status that grounds his latest feature CONTADORA IS FOR LOVERS. Why is that happening?For starters Ameer needs to assign the writing of his screenplays to others, find a competent cinematographer with the right equipment to step beyond the video state, and spend time with his actors in rehearsal and polish before the film is committed to the can. This particular film demonstrates all of those flaws. The story - an engaged couple Mike (Vincent De Paul) and Maria (Christina Antelo) arrive on the off-Panama island of Contadora where they are warmly received by host Gabriel (Tony Sago) - has a good setup, but very quickly turns into an impractical love triangle with the bifurcated aspects of each character skipped over so quickly that the progress of the interrelationships just falls flat. Gabriel is gay and manages to swoop Mike off for a hike on the island Gabriel 'knows like the back of his hand' only to 'get lost' and spend the night on the beach where some very rusty and insensitive attempts to show attraction and rejection are shown. Barely questioning the previous night's events Maria works back into the vacation and touches of ambiguity fizzle like water on hot rocks. It seems Ameer wants to explore bisexuality but just doesn't understand the conflicts well enough to place words in the mouths of his actors.
Each of the actors is attractive and at the beginning of the film there is hope that they can also act. But the script and the filming and direction prevent this little travelogue crew from sinking with the sunset. Maybe next time....Grady Harp, March 07
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
One star for effort, April 5 2007
By D. Jackson "rhett6" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Contadora Is for Lovers (DVD)
One star for effort. This is truly an awful film.Clearly the screenwriter/Director needs to review some film school classes and pay attention this time. The script is so poor that the actors don't really have a chance. I'm not altogether sure that given a decent script they'd be much better but I do believe in the benefit of the doubt. Obviously shot with a small video camera sans dolly and with a very small pan ratio,the camera once placed in each set seems rooted there. The editing is at best abrupt.Lighting by sun-guns. Hasn't the sound guy heard of wind-screens? Pretty much an amateur effort throughout.I think this is an interesting script idea, it is unfortunate that it couldn't have been better realized.
5.0 out of 5 stars
fun and frolic in Panama's Contadora, Dec 20 2010
By cinephile - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Contadora Is for Lovers (DVD)
this film has a very telenovela look about it which is interesting cause novelas are quite a phenomenon within latins. This romance unfolds on an Island off the gulf of Panama called Contadora where a recently engage couple gets involved with their tour guide. Some beautiful scenes of the island. It reminds me of one of my favorite films "Summer Lovers" with a great latin soundtrack. recommended.
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