Review of Gloria (2013) by Thomas W — 20 May 2014
Gloria is a unique coming-of-age tale of a fifty-something female played by Paulina Garcia who -- after a divorce several years prior -- has re-entered the dating and club scene of Santiago, Chile. She ends up meeting a recently divorced man with whom she begins a relationship; but as time progresses his relationship to his needy grown children and ex-wife begins to interfere with his new one with Gloria.
The film is about Gloria who is embracing a new life without conventions and letting go of her shortcomings and imperfections. She is a highly flawed but realistic character and one who is at times hard to understand and/or like.
The film is quite slow but I am surprised with how much I ended up liking this movie by film's end. Gloria (the character) has high and lows and she keeps moving forward. I smiled profusely in the film's final moments as Gloria proudly embraces what life has given her .
.. and dances to an aptly named disco tune.
This review of Gloria (2013) was written by Thomas W on 20 May 2014.
Gloria has generally received positive reviews.
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