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I Love Miami

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A great concept that could have made for great satire and comedy. But, alas it did not happen. However for director, it may be a good start to a successful artistic career.

I especially liked the crime scene after the fire. It was done in a most realistic manner.

Lastly, buy the movie (it's almost impossible to rent) and make up your own mind.

The movie captures Fidel's culinary skills as well as his love for the game of baseball. Stranded in Miami, Castro pretends to be someone else. He befriends a young boy, who knows who he really is. His life among those who despise him, forces him to re-examine his life and the revolution. Brief nudity, language. Great movie if you want to learn Spanish swear words. The movie portrays Fidel as a flawed human being with lofty ideas and not as a monster with horns, which might turn off the Fidel haters.

The movie's premise is brilliant. A cantankerous, vicious, temperemental Fidel Castro is on a boat in Cuba, which gets blown up in an attempted coup. He survives on a raft, drifts with the current and wakes up in Florida. Naturally, he loses his beard and takes on another name and keeps trying to return to Cuba. The actor playing the dictator is excellent whenever the dictator, who is used to everyone being a bootlicker and jumping at his every whim, is contradicted or frustrated in his demands. If the movie had simply stayed with this story, it would have been perfect, but the problem is that a couple of parallel stories (a boy being bullied at school, infidelity between couples and an incoherent side story of arm smuggling) detract from the story. Even so, the movie is worth buying. It will give you a good laugh.

Put Fidel Castro in a movie & what do you get?
one helluva drama ...

Hot Spanish women ... I Carumba !!

great casting
realistic portrayal
sub plots
funny yet believable

Even the bird played a vital role ... LOL

It could have been a better story with another director or better script,Seems like the producers of this movie like Fidel Castro in some way,a lot of famous people in the casting for a poor production,Johnny from Menudo,Jaime Camil,Felipe from Escandalo TV, and ex Miss universe Cecilia Machado,mediocre direction and acting

I really enjoyed this movie. Maybe it's because I love Jaime Camil. He is a great actor. I think one of the best Mexico has to offer.

I got this movie solely because Jaime Camil was in it but the movie was too political with too much blah blah blah on Fidel Castro - soooo! I didn't like this movie that much! How can I return this crap? LOL! I do love Miami though!

While not a dreadful movie, it leaves a lot to be desired. Ofelia Medina (as Doña Emelia) and Mexican child actor Adrian Alonso (as Tony) give the best performances. Spanish actor Juan Luis Galiardo does a respectable job in a role that portrays both the dictatorial and human sides of the demonized Fidel Castro, but his lack of a Cuban accent is a major flaw. The rest of the cast is lackluster. The story line is herky jerky and confusing at times. Overall the promising premise of this movie is undermined by a mediocre cast, script, and direction.