The Red Thread (2016)

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

How sad is this?

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

The thin red linne ... that according to a "myth" (or whatever you want to call it) connects people. Also the title of the movie (not the exact words, especially not the thin part). Now we have two very beautiful people front and center and you can see where the attraction lie. You may have trouble understanding the actions they are taking, but it's human nature, right? At least that's how you can always explain things.The acting is good and there are some decent twists along the way. While this is aimed at romantics, it may also contain things that appall them (and I am not talking about some minor nudity here but story related stuff). It's not a bad movie overall and if you are into that kind of movies, you will have something to keep your attention for a while

The chemistry between the central characters Abril, played by Eugenia Suárez, and Manuel, played by Benjamín Vicuña, is believable and the director's decision to make Abril the more confident and secure of the two, was the right move.Manuel meets the beautiful Abril and just as love is about to blossom, a turn of fate ruins their moment.Fast forward seven years. Abril is in a relationship with Bruno Raidy and they have a three year old son, Felix. Manuel is married to Laura and they have a five year old daughter, Rita.On another of Manuel's business trips he meets Abril once more and this time they do get together. Manuel tells Abril, "I can't believe how in love I was with you."They spend a day together and while sitting on a wall discussing life, Abril kisses Manuel. He kisses back and the rain appears. The pair take shelter in a tunnel-walkway where they make love before returning to Manuel's hotel room where they make love again. Manuel's wife calls and the conversation is overheard by Abril. She is upset and tells Manuel "I'm not upset …It just bothers me …….that I'm upset about you having a life with her."She leaves Manuel's room with the line, "And I never want to see you again."Does she see him again?Watch the movie and find out.

I've been watching a lot of romantic movies these days and this one is one of the better ones (I watched garbage like "Sleepless in Seattle" and all other kinds of movies, from disturbing to stupid, deep, meh and tragic). There are some positive and negative things in this movie. The positive: good acting, interesting story, some VERY hot scenes, mostly a good vibe throughout the movie, not much clichés, beautiful locations and emotions :) The negative: not very original story, a too much idealized world, the main actress could be described as too pretty and the characters are not enough developed so the movie might seem shallow for some. I would recommend it to everyone, who isn't in the mood for something heavy and disturbing, but who is sick of all those cheap cliché rom-coms and wannabe romantic movies out there, that end up all the same.

I watched this at Netflix. Netflix says: This movie is : Emotional, steamy , romantic. Some might say on the other hand that this is a classical, "Lovers meet years after and they are married now however they cant help themselves to have an affair and OMG what is going to happen next" kind of boring movie. Well, they will be probably right with what they say but I'm not sure if they will still be right if they score it less than 4-5. I think the effort, some likable-cute acting,certain scenes ( ;) ) together with some beautiful scenery would worth... at least a 6, I would say. No sleep and nothing to do on a late weekend night? You wanna get emotional, steamy and romantic? :) Give it a try...