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 enlarge | Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Actors: Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo, Álvaro Guerrero, Vanessa Bauche
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
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Rating:  200 reviews
Sales Rank: 2875
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 153 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: 71479
ISBN: 1589710703
UPC: 658149786424
EAN: 9781589710702
ASIN: B00005N8A9
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
Release Date: September 25, 2001
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 One of my favorite movies. May 2, 2008
Alexandru M. Bistroi
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I hate dog fighting. So I had to watch the special on how the dog-fighting in the movie is all fake and none of the dogs got hurt. Then I played the movie and... well... it's one of my top 3 movies ever. Film students watch this as a benchmark of what good film-making is. I did it for the acting. Bernal is amazing.
one of the best February 26, 2008
Haseeb (Tempe, AZ United States)
This is one of the best foreign films I've ever seen. It's also the first Mexican made film I've ever seen. It's a very long film but very engaging. It was very intelligently made and the acting was first rate. Three interconnected stories were run at the same time.
This film takes us into the lives of the rich, the poor and the common man. Regardless, of their socio-economic background they all experience pain, suffering and unforseen hardships which cannot be anticipated. Money and fame will not make your problems go away but in some ways can actually amplify your problems. Also, big prices usually have to be paid in the game of love. The film excellently underscores these points.
Shew! Hit by a train and survived. February 19, 2008
Cheryl A. Kitchen (Virginia)
Excellent, complicated, violent movie. Not a happy day at the movies if that's what you are looking for, but incredibly interesting. You will need to watch it a second time to put it all together, but I was a little afraid to view it a second time. It took me almost a year to get up my nerve. My teenage sons and their peers love it too.
I agree it's a few notches up from Quinten Tarantino movies.
Great Movie. A must see film. January 22, 2008
J. Mansour (S.W & N.W US)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great movie that will hook you. It is in Spanish but you can have the subtitles. It is worth reading the subtitles (I normally hate to) I have watched it in just Spanish too(knowing limited Spanish) with no problems. MUST SEE FILM!!!!
 "We are what we have lost." January 7, 2008
Daniel B. Clendenin (www.journeywithjesus.net)
In this his debut film, director Alejandro González Iñárritu crafts a complex story in a manner that he also uses in his two subsequent films, 21 Grams (2003) and Babel (2007). All three films are long, tell three separate stories that collide, unfold in a non-linear and no-chronological manner, and explore the darkest aspects of human nature. The international English title for Amores Perros is "Love's a Bitch," which is unfortunate in my opinion because this rather jocular curse obscures the tragedy that stalks every character in this film. The figurative expression also misses the central role of dogs, dog-fighting, and how and why dogs come off as better than humans in Iñárritu's narrative. Octavio loves his sister-in-law Susanna, hates his brother, and immerses himself in the seedy world of dog-fighting. Daniel leaves his wife Julieta for the super-model Valeria, but tragedy and surreal superficiality leave them both with only ruin and regret. El Chivo is a homeless wino who appears like a ghost as a background figure throughout the film, until we learn his story of broken family relationships that center around his daughter Maru. Tragic fate and bad choices bring these stories together. One way to view this film is through the closing caption provided by Iñárritu himself: "We are what we have lost." In Spanish with English subtitles. 153 minutes.
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