Maria Full of Grace
Fine Line Features | Release Date: July 16, 2004
2.6
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 220 Ratings
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Paramilitary400May 17, 2015
This movie is alright but it is nothing spectacular or riveting. The main actress is an unknown actress not an A list actress. Also the storyline of the movie is univolving when it is supposed to be involving. Trainspotting and Requiem For AThis movie is alright but it is nothing spectacular or riveting. The main actress is an unknown actress not an A list actress. Also the storyline of the movie is univolving when it is supposed to be involving. Trainspotting and Requiem For A Dream can be compared to this movie. However both of those movies are ingeniously structured, realistic and unique in their visions. 87 for a score on this site was ridiculous for this movie. I watched this movie once after buying the movie, then I discarded the DVD. I wouldn't watch this movie again because it has no popular actors and the movie is subtitled with the actors speaking in Spanish. It is very agitating to watch a movie in Spanish when you want the actors to be speaking English. If this movie was an American release with talented actors this would have been a masterpiece. This movie is no masterpiece, it isn't even a passable movie on the 1 to 10 scale. Requiem should have had an 87 score because the movie is flawless without a single moment or idea squandered, ditto for Trainspotting.… Expand
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EpicLadySpongeMay 16, 2016
Don't listen to the shameful users here. They know nothing about movies. On other sites, Maria Full of Grace has a positive user score such as Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb, but in here, they screwed it up. Maria Full of Grace is fulled withDon't listen to the shameful users here. They know nothing about movies. On other sites, Maria Full of Grace has a positive user score such as Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb, but in here, they screwed it up. Maria Full of Grace is fulled with grace... every single second of it... it ends wanting more from the viewer!… Expand
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BrayanJaimesJul 27, 2021
The film narrates beautifully the drama and tragic of a girl who decides to be drug mule and the consequences of her bad choices
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mapizarroJun 30, 2013
One the best films from Colombia, together with "Our Lady of the Assassins" or "The Little Roses Girl". Great début for Catalina Sandino. It's truth all about tragic destiny to these South American girls. Great film!
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tjspyJan 16, 2021
This movie is itself a travel. A cold and smart travel through wonderful landscapes, magic interpretations and a though theme which was perfectly aborded. One of my best "accidents".
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markg.Jan 10, 2006
Brilliant on every level.
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JeffM.Aug 14, 2006
Not a "thriller" in the traditinoal genre sense, yet Maria's journey had me on the edge of my seat throughout.
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RyanFeb 20, 2007
Great, captivating.
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ClaudiaT.Oct 31, 2005
One of the best movies I've ever seen.
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MattFeb 13, 2006
sorry, but I didn't think it was very good. Acting was great, but the film was... boring? Everyone is saying this movie was shocking and disturbing, but it wasn't. Raw? sure. But in this case, raw means boring. Maybe I am too sorry, but I didn't think it was very good. Acting was great, but the film was... boring? Everyone is saying this movie was shocking and disturbing, but it wasn't. Raw? sure. But in this case, raw means boring. Maybe I am too desensitized by similar fare such as Requiem for a Dream and Trainspotting. Compared to those two movies, this movie falls quite flat. Sorry, but I just didn't think it was very good… Expand
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carmend.Oct 13, 2005
This was one of the best movies I ever sw in all my life it's great.
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FilipeNetoOct 23, 2021
I was curious to see this film for two reasons in particular: the first was because it was spoken in Spanish and, even so, it had so many admirers within the English-speaking public. That is, for having overcome the linguistic and culturalI was curious to see this film for two reasons in particular: the first was because it was spoken in Spanish and, even so, it had so many admirers within the English-speaking public. That is, for having overcome the linguistic and cultural barrier that, many times, blocks European, Asian and South American productions. The second reason was the general theme of the film: the drug couriers, a more than sufficient premise for a good dramatic film.

The script is really good: in the middle of a rural village in Colombia, which depends almost entirely on large intensive rose plantations for export, a young girl named María, still underage, has just lost her job and discovers she is pregnant with a boy he doesn't even really like. In order to help with the family economy (it's a big family, mostly female), she decides to go to the capital, Bogotá, to look for a better job. On the way, however, she ends up seduced by Franklin, a young man who promises her easy money if she agrees to ingest drug capsules and smuggle them to the United States.

With this story, we are presented with a series of pertinent problems, which are almost transversal to all of Latin America: drug trafficking and the way in which innocent but desperate people are used in this business, sometimes with threats to their families; the way minors are exploited at work, and the way they accept this to help their parents and families, even dropping out of school; the breakdown of families, with abandoned single mothers (even minors), teenage marriages and the ignorance (or neglect) of parents regarding their children's sex lives and the practice of safe sex; in short, it is the social portrait of a poor Latin America, dependent on the richest countries, and where not even religion is able to help maintain some morals and family values. It's a scenario I know from having friends in this region of the world, and the film managed to transport to the screen very well.

Catalina Moreno is a young Colombian actress that I really enjoyed discovering and hope to see in more work in the future. She was happy in her effort to give life to a naturally kind and naive protagonist, and she captures our sympathy with the way she untangles herself from problems, with a courage and capacity for initiative superior to her age. The rest of the cast doesn't do more than help her in her task, and the only one who really deserves a praise for her job is Yenni Paola Vega, in the role of a friend with whom María maintains a difficult and troubled relationship, but to those who do not deny help.

Technically, the movie is pretty good. Discreet cinematography takes advantage of the best of South American scenery and landscapes, providing us with good colors and a pleasant contrast. The entire film exudes verisimilitude, credibility, authenticity, and almost makes us forget that it's just fiction. The film has an excellent editing and the duration is short, as it leaves us wanting to see something else.… Expand
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