"Admittedly, the shock value of the material and specific moments in Shadowboxer may offend or turn off some viewers, but they'd be missing out on what makes this a good film in spite of itself: the acting."
Cuba's "political turmoil of the late '50s...a love story...this is a lot to fit into a 2-1/2 hour film in which you're also trying to portray the beauty of Cuba's music and culture."
"Pizza's outer layer (its crust, so to speak) was clumsily put together as a container for its inner layer, which contains not enough meat, too much cheese."
Cuba's "political turmoil of the late '50s...a love story...this is a lot to fit into a 2-1/2 hour film in which you're also trying to portray the beauty of Cuba's music and culture."
"Pizza's outer layer (its crust, so to speak) was clumsily put together as a container for its inner layer, which contains not enough meat, too much cheese."